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Yersinia pestis: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Pasteurella pestis • Bacillus pestis

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Kitasato Shibasaburo, c. 1928.
Kitasato Shibasaburo
Japanese physician and bacteriologist
Yersin, Alexandre
Alexandre Yersin
French bacteriologist