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Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

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Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis are included in the genus Yersinia. These species were formerly included in the genus Pasteurella and later placed into the genus Yersinia, named in honor of the French bacteriologist A. J. E. Yersin, a discoverer of the plague bacillus (1). Y. pseudotuberculosis was the first species identified in this genus (2). This organism was described in 1889 as a disease in guinea pigs. However, Y. pseudotuberculosis has shown to be the ancestor of Y. pestis, which was the cause of pandemic plague already during 541–767 AD (3). The Y. enterocolitica was identified in 1939 and named by Frederiksen in 1964 (4). The genus Yersinia is presently composed of 11 species, three of which can cause disease in humans and animals: Y. enterocolitica, Y. pseudotuberculosis, and Y. pestis (5–8).

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