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Yersinia pestis Bacteria, SEM

Scanning electron micrograph of Yersinia pestis bacteria on proventricular spines of a Xenopsylla cheopis flea. Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis) is a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium. It is a facultative anaerobe that can infect humans and other animals. Human Yersinia pestis infection takes three main forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and the notorious bubonic plagues. All three forms are widely believed to have been responsible for a number of high-mortality epidemics throughout human history, including the Plague of Justinian in 542 and the Black Death that accounted for the death of at least one-third of the European population between 1347 and 1353. More recently, Yersinia pestis has gained attention as a possible biological warfare agent and the CDC has classified it as a category A pathogen requiring preparation for a possible terrorist attack.

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Yersinia pestis Bacteria, SEM

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Scanning electron micrograph of Yersinia pestis bacteria on proventricular spines of a Xenopsylla cheopis flea. Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis) is a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium. It is a facultative anaerobe that can infect humans and other animals. Human Yersinia pestis infection takes three main forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and the notorious bubonic plagues. All three forms are widely believed to have been responsible for a number of high-mortality epidemics throughout human history, including the Plague of Justinian in 542 and the Black Death that accounted for the death of at least one-third of the European population between 1347 and 1353. More recently, Yersinia pestis has gained attention as a possible biological warfare agent and the CDC has classified it as a category A pathogen requiring preparation for a possible terrorist attack.

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3150 x 3150 px | 28.4 MB

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26.7 x 26.7 cm | 10.5 x 10.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ABNORMAL • ARTHROPOD-BORNE • BACTERIA • BACTERIAL • BACTERIOLOGY • BACTERIUM • BIO-TERRORISM • BIOLOGICAL WARFARE • BIOTERRORISM • BLACK DEATH • BUBONIC PLAGUE • COLORIZED • COMMUNICABLE DISEASE • CONTAGIOUS • DISEASE • DISEASED • ELECTRON MICROGRAPH • ELECTRON MICROSCOPY • EM • ENHANCEMENT • ENTEROBACTERIACEAE • ENTEROBACTERIALES • EPIDEMIOLOGY • FLEA-BORNE • GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA • GERM WARFARE • GRAM - • GRAM NEGATIVE • GRAM- • GRAM-NEGATIVE • HISTOPATHOLOGICAL • HISTOPATHOLOGY • ILLNESS • INFECTIOUS AGENT • INFECTIOUS DISEASE • INSECT-BORNE • MEDICAL • MEDICINAL • MICROBIOLOGY • MICROGRAPH • MICROORGANISM • MICROSCOPIC ORGANISM • MICROSCOPIC • MICROSCOPY • MONAD • ORIENTAL RAT FLEA • PARASITE • PATHOGEN • PATHOGENIC SPECIES • PATHOGENIC • PATHOLOGICAL • PATHOLOGY • PLAGUE • PNEUMONIC PLAGUE • PROKARYOTE • PROTEOBACTERIA • PROTOZOA • SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPH • SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE • SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY • SCIENCE • SEM • SEPTICAEMIC PLAGUE • SEPTICEMIC PLAGUE • SICKNESS • SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISM • TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE • TROPICAL RAT FLEA • UNHEALTHY • UNICELLULAR ORGANISM • VECTOR-BORNE • X. CHEOPIS • XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS FLEA • XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS • Y. PESTIS • YERSINIA PESTIS • YERSINIA • ZOONOSES • ZOONOSIS • ZOONOTIC