Flea infected with yersinia pestis
Description:
Description: English: A flea infected with yersinia pestis, shown as a dark mass. The foregut of this flea is blocked by a Y. pestis biofilm, which is a prerequisite for efficient transmission. Date: 27 April 2006. Source: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/labsandresources/labs/aboutlabs/lzp/plaguesection/Pages/hinnebusch.aspx. Author: National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases-photographer not listed.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Bacteria
- Proteobacteria (Purple Bacteria & relatives)
- Gammaproteobacteria
- Enterobacterales
- Yersiniaceae
- Yersinia
- 'Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex'
- Yersinia pestis
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- http://www.niaid.nih.gov/labsandresources/labs/aboutlabs/lzp/plaguesection/Pages/hinnebusch.aspx
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