Yersinia pestis (plague) bacteria

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Yersinia pestis (plague) bacteria

Yersinia pestis. Coloured transmissionelectron micrograph (TEM) of a cluster of thebacteria Yersinia pestis, cause of bubonicplague (the Black Death of the Middle Ages). Thebacteria are rod-shaped, Gram-negative, non-motilebacilli. Yersinia pestis is primarily carriedby the fleas of rats. Transfer to humans occurswhen such fleas feed on human blood. Infection israpid, causing swollen lymph nodes, and leading tosepticaemia and pulmonary infection. Extensivecontrol measures against rats and their fleas haveeliminated plague from Europe, but it still occursin other regions of the world. Negatively stained.Magnification: x6, 500 at 5x7cm size

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Bacteria Bacterial Bacteriology Bacterium Bacterium Causing Black Death Bubonic Plague Cause Of Electron Micrograph Image Magnified Image Micro Organism Microbe Microscopic Photos Plague Subject Transmission Type Yersinia Pestis Micro Biology Yersinia

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