Yersinia in a Sentence
  • A special culture medium is needed to grow Yersinia.
  • Click image to enlarge Cross section of kidney nephron from rainbow trout naturally infected with Yersinia ruckeri.
  • Other examples of enterobacteria are species of Salmonella, Shigella, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia, Proteus, and Yersinia.
  • Bloody diarrhea, sometimes called dysentery, is produced by EHEC, EIEC, some types of Salmonella, some types of Shigella, and Yersinia.
  • Plague-A serious, potentially life-threatening infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.