Of course, the world is full of germs, despite all our wiping and washing, but it’s disturbing to find so much bacteria – ...

The fleas move from rats to humans who become infected by Y. pestis when the fleas bite. The bacteria move quickly from the bite site into the lymphatic system, causing acute inflammation of the lymph ...

This was caused by a bacteria, Yersinia pestis, that first hit Europe in the 1340s. People still disagree over where it came from, but the most common theory is that it first emerged in Asia ...

Bacterial synthetic biology is a scientific discipline that deals with the synthesis of part, or the whole, of bacteria that do not exist in nature in this form. It uses engineering and molecular ...

It caused millions of deaths and has been attributed to the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This epidemic had a significant impact on the demography and economy of the time. However, its role in the ...

Little did they know, the real cause was the Yersinia pestis bacteria, spread by fleas on rats! A pandemic is a global outbreak of a disease that spreads across countries and continents ...

Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed hundreds of millions and left a gruesome mark on history. The Black Death, which struck 14th-century Europe, led to the ...

The genus Yersinia, a member of the family Yersiniaceae, is currently composed of 26 species, including three human pathogens: the causative agent of plague, Yersinia pestis ... and distribution of ...

A 3D illustration of the Yersinia pestis bacteria responsible for the plague Credit: Roger Harris/Science Photo Library Plague is spread by fleas which transmit the bacteria from the rodents that ...

Oxford team reports hopeful results in trials as military experts say UK should stock supplies of Black Death inoculation ...

Each year, most species of bacteria in a Wisconsin lake rapidly evolved, apparently in response to dramatically changing seasons, and then evolved back. Like Bill Murray in the movie "Groundhog ...

Specifically, they focused on Yersinia, a bacteria that can be found in the gut. Yersinia bacteria use a membrane protein called Invasin to attach to human cells—a clever trick that the researchers ...