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Yersinia pestis

species of bacteria, cause of plague
Taxon taxon Q153875
Yersinia pestis
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Yersinia pestis

Summary

Yersinia pestis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,437 views/month, #225 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yersinia pestis is credited with the discovery of Alexandre Yersin[3].
  • Yersinia pestis's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Yersinia pestis is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Yersinia pestis belongs to the parent taxon Yersinia[6].
  • Yersinia pestis's scientific name is Yersinia pestis[7].
  • Yersinia pestis's Commons category is recorded as Yersinia pestis[8].
  • Yersinia pestis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1894[9].
  • Yersinia pestis's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[10].
  • Yersinia pestis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yersinia pestis[11].
  • Yersinia pestis's Commons gallery is recorded as Yersinia pestis[12].
  • Yersinia pestis's has effect is recorded as plague[13].
  • Yersinia pestis's has effect is recorded as Plague of Justinian[14].
  • Yersinia pestis's short name is recorded as Y. pestis[15].
  • Yersinia pestis is commonly known as Katkubakter[16].
  • Yersinia pestis is commonly known as pałeczka dżumy[17].
  • Yersinia pestis is commonly known as 鼠疫桿菌[18].
  • Yersinia pestis's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/yersinia-pestis[19].
  • Yersinia pestis's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Yersinia pestis is Yersinia pestis[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It belongs to the parent taxon Yersinia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include Katkubakter[16], pałeczka dżumy[17], and 鼠疫桿菌[18].

Identifiers

Yersinia pestis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 948991[21]. Yersinia pestis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 632[22]. Yersinia pestis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 972652[23]. Yersinia pestis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5427631[24]. Yersinia pestis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 967822[25].

Why It Matters

Yersinia pestis ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,437 views/month, #225 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Alexandre Yersin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → Y. pestis
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  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i42426
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  3. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01353342-n
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  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 17w ago · FlocciNivis · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inaturalist taxon id → 948991
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  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Yersinia
    Has effect → plague, Plague of Justinian
    Found in taxon → Homo sapiens
    Taxon rank → species
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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