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  2. Yersinia pestis - Wikipedia

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    Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis; formerly Pasteurella pestis) is a gram-negative, non-motile, coccobacillus bacterium without spores that is related to both Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, the pathogen from which Y. pestis evolved [1] [2] and responsible for the Far East scarlet-like fever.

  3. Streptomyces scabiei - Wikipedia

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    Streptomyces scabiei (also wrongly named Streptomyces scabies) [1] is a streptomycete bacterium species found in soils around the world. [2] Unlike most of the 500 or so Streptomyces species it is a plant pathogen causing corky lesions to form on tuber and root crops as well as decreasing the growth of seedlings.

  4. Spider web - Wikipedia

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    A classic circular form spider's web Infographic illustrating the process of constructing an orb web. A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word coppe, meaning 'spider') [1] is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.

  5. Bubonic plague - Wikipedia

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    Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. [1] One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. [1] These symptoms include fever, headaches, and vomiting, [1] as well as swollen and painful lymph nodes occurring in the area closest to where the bacteria entered the skin. [2]

  6. Erwinia - Wikipedia

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    Erwinia is a genus of Enterobacterales bacteria containing mostly plant pathogenic species which was named for the famous plant pathologist, Erwin Frink Smith. It contains Gram-negative bacteria related to Escherichia coli, Shigella, Salmonella, and Yersinia. They are primarily rod-shaped bacteria. Many infect woody plants.

  7. 2011 United States listeriosis outbreak - Wikipedia

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    Listeria monocytogenes, the bacterium responsible for listeriosis. Listeriosis is an infection caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.The outbreak was determined to originate from Jensen Farms in Holly, Colorado after Listeria monocytogenes was found in cantaloupe samples at a Jensen Farms store in Denver, Colorado and at the farm's packaging plant.

  8. Hypersensitive response - Wikipedia

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    Lesions caused by the plant hypersensitive response HR is commonly thought of as an effective defence strategy against biotrophic plant pathogens , which require living tissue to gain nutrients . In the case of necrotrophic pathogens , HR might even be beneficial to the pathogen , as they require dead plant cells to obtain nutrients .

  9. Plant disease - Wikipedia

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    Plant diseases are diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). [1] Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi , oomycetes , bacteria , viruses , viroids , virus -like organisms, phytoplasmas , protozoa , nematodes and parasitic plants . [ 2 ]