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n. a genus of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic Gram-negative bacteria that are parasites of animals and humans. Y. pestis causes bubonic plague; Y. enterocolitica causes intestinal infections.
From: Yersinia in Concise Medical Dictionary »
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