Yersinia pestis

"Yersinia pestis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The etiologic agent of PLAGUE in man, rats, ground squirrels, and other rodents.

Descriptor ID	D015010
MeSH Number(s)	B03.440.450.425.900.600 B03.660.250.150.950.580
Concept/Terms	Yersinia pestis Yersinia pestis Pasteurella pestis

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Yersinia pestis".

Organisms [B]
Bacteria [B03]
Gram-Negative Bacteria [B03.440]
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods [B03.440.450]
Enterobacteriaceae [B03.440.450.425]
Yersinia [B03.440.450.425.900]
Yersinia pestis [B03.440.450.425.900.600]
Proteobacteria [B03.660]
Gammaproteobacteria [B03.660.250]
Enterobacteriaceae [B03.660.250.150]
Yersinia [B03.660.250.150.950]
Yersinia pestis [B03.660.250.150.950.580]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Yersinia pestis".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Yersinia pestis".

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