| Yersinia pseudotuberculosis | |
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| Yersinia scanned with electron micrograph | |
| Specialty | Infectious disease |
| Yersinia pseudotuberculosis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Yersiniaceae |
| Genus: | Yersinia |
| Species: | Y. pseudotuberculosis
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| Binomial name | |
| Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889)
Smith & Thal 1965 | |
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes Far East scarlet-like fever in humans, who occasionally get infected zoonotically, most often through the food-borne route.[1] Animals are also infected by Y. pseudotuberculosis. The bacterium is urease positive.
- ^ Ryan KJ; Ray CG, eds. (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0.