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1. pestis
noun. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal.
Sentences with yersinia-pestis
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Bipolar staining largely features in bacterial infections, such as yersinia pestis.
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Wayson, Wright or Giemsa stain may show up as a safety pin stained shape in the bacterium yersinia pestis, but may also appear as a plump rod or bacilli shape 1.
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Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative bacterium, is motile, aerobic and rod-shaped like yersinia pestis.
