Pasteurella pestis


Yer·sin·i·a pes·tis

a bacterial species causing plague in humans, rodents, and many other mammalian species and transmitted from rat to rat and from rat to humans by the rat flea, Xenopsylla; it is the type species of the genus Yersinia. Synonym(s): Kitasato bacillus, Pasteurella pestis, plague bacillus

Pasteur,

Louis, French chemist and bacteriologist, 1822-1895. PasteurellaPasteurella aerogenes - species found in swine that can cause human wound infections following a pig bit.Pasteurella multocida - bacterial species associated with dogs and cats.Pasteurella pestis - Synonym(s): Yersinia pseudotuberculosisPasteurella "SP" - a rarely encountered organism that can cause infection after a guinea pig bitePasteurella tularensis - Synonym(s): Francisella tularensisPasteur effect - the inhibition of fermentation by oxygen, first observed by Pasteur.Pasteur pipette - a cotton-plugged, glass tube drawn out to a fine tip, used for the sterile transfer of small volumes of fluid.Pasteur vaccinepasteurellosis - infection with bacteria of Pasteurella.pasteurization - bacteria destruction process.pasteurizer - pasteurization apparatus.