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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gram-negative bacillus of the genus Yersinia that causes various diseases in animals and humans, including plague.
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- noun A
Gram-negative bacterium , of the genus Yersinia, that is anetiological agent of severaldiseases in animals and humans. Notably Yersinia pestis, which causesbubonic plague .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The list of disease-causing germs that may be present in raw milk includes brucella, campylobacter, E. coli, listeria, salmonella, and yersinia.
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The list of disease-causing germs that may be present in raw milk includes brucella, campylobacter, E. coli, listeria, salmonella, and yersinia.
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The list of disease-causing germs that may be present in raw milk includes brucella, campylobacter, E. coli, listeria, salmonella, and yersinia.
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The list of disease-causing germs that may be present in raw milk includes brucella, campylobacter, E. coli, listeria, salmonella, and yersinia.
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In fact, we had a lab perform tests, and they found four kinds of bacteria: yersinia, salmonella, listeria and campylobacter.
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In fact, we had a lab perform tests, and they found four kinds of bacteria: yersinia, salmonella, listeria and campylobacter.
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C8 yersinia is that the IC argument has been subject to a number of severe criticisms, especially regarding indirect evolutionary pathways.
Unanswered Criticism of Dembski's Specified Complexity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The dissipation of the energy from an exothermic reaction (ATP/H2O to ADP/Pi), which is on the subnanosecond time scale in proteins (With thanks to yersinia.)
Carl Zimmer in National Geographic on flagellum evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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I too was thinking of those quotes on ISCID since, surprise surpise, I was yersinia:
Carl Zimmer in National Geographic on flagellum evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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I had always heard not to use pig manure because it may contain disease organisms such as E. coli, salmonella, campylobacter, yersinia, cryptosporidium, giardia.
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