Pestis

I took a class on pathogenic bacteria, so I can tell you a little about yersina pestis, it uses a type III secretory system to infect its host, it has numerous virulence genes, it has many ways of acquiring iron, it has the ability to resist phagocytosis, and opsonization, ...

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Pubmed then. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed And search with "yersinia AND pestis AND plague" then look at the review tab. I found this in 1 minute, it seems OK, but I am not sure it will be what you want: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=8993858

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I tried medline, but i wanted to find a specific mechanism about what the bacteria ( Yersinia pestis ) do in the lungs when they infect someone. Does anyone know where can i find some articles about this?

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Hi! Can someone tell me of a bacteria database and any usefull websites with information about Yersinia pestis (the bubonic plague bacteria) like: infection mechanisms molecular properties of the infection Thanks in advance

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... time to allow the "pathogen" to pass on to another host. The flipside of this coin are the highly virulent lethal pathogens, Yersinia pestis, the cause of "the plague" for example. These pathogens kill the host very quickly so require more potential hosts to ensure that the ...

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