Yersinia pestis, the History of the Plague and Adaptation to Animal Host

Structure and Significance

Direct Fluorescent antibody stain of Yersinia pestis at 200x magnification, courtesy of the CDC, US government public domain image CDC.

By [Blake Calcei]

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Introduce the topic of your paper. What microorganisms are of interest? Habitat? Applications for medicine and/or environment?

Discovery

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History

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Map depicting the spread of the bubonic plague through Europe in the mid-1300's [1].

Yersinia pestis Adaptation to Animal Host

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Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) infected with Y. pestis, which in this photo is the dark colored mass in the stomach of the flea. When the flea feeds on the host it passes the bacteria into the wound on the host National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases.

Methods for Prevention and Vaccines

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Conclusion

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