once known as the ‘black death’. It is a disease that once nearly took out an entire civilization, and it is still around today in some parts of the world, however, under more controlled circumstances. ‘Bubonic Plague’ is caused by the pathogen, Yersinia Pestis. This pathogen is a bacteria that is generally gram-negative and rod-shaped (bacillus). All eukaryotic cells are vulnerable to this dread bacterium, which is also responsible for pneumonic and septicemic plagues.
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