Taxonomy ID: 632

Rank: species

Scientific name: Yersinia pestis

Authority: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981; "Bacillus pestis" (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Migula 1900; "Pestisella pestis" (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Dorofeev 1947; "Pasteurella pestis" (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bergey et al. 1923

Synonym: Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980), nom. cons.; Pasteurella pestis; Bacillus pestis; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis; Pestisella pestis