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Query: NC_004088:4116676:4128466 Yersinia pestis KIM, complete genome

Start: 4128466, End: 4128648, Length: 183

Host Lineage: Yersinia pestis; Yersinia; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria

General Information: Causative agent of plague. Specific virulence factors are encoded within pathogenicity islands (PAIs) that are required for the invasive phenotype associated with Yersinia infections. One key virulence plasmid contained by the three human-specific pathogens is pCD1/pYv, which encodes a type III secretion system for the delivery of virulence proteins that contribute to internalization into the host cell. It is the causative agent of plague (bubonic and pulmonary) a devastating disease which has killed millions worldwide. The organism can be transmitted from rats to humans through the bite of an infected flea or from human-to-human through the air during widespread infection. Yersinia pestis is an extremely pathogenic organism that requires very few numbers in order to cause disease, and is often lethal if left untreated. The organism is enteroinvasive, and can survive and propagate in macrophages prior to spreading systemically throughout the host. Yersinia pestis consists of three biotypes or serovars, Antiqua, Mediavalis, and Orientalis, that are associated with three major pandemics throughout human history. pMT1 encodes a protein, murine toxin, that aids rat-to-human transmission by enhancing survival of the organism in the flea midgut. Yersinia pestis also contains a PAI on the chromosome that is similar to the SPI-2 PAI from Salmonella that allows intracellular survival in the organism.




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SubjectStartEndLengthSubject Host DescriptionCDS descriptionE-valueBit score
NC_017265:3982020:399381039938103993992183Yersinia pestis biovar Medievalis str. Harbin 35 chromosome,hypothetical protein3e-27120
NC_009381:3596000:360890036089003609082183Yersinia pestis Pestoides F chromosome, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-27120
NC_005810:4224500:423490142349014235083183Yersinia pestis biovar Microtus str. 91001, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-27120
NC_010159:809663:822494822494822676183Yersinia pestis Angola, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-27120
NC_008150:4561633:45681934568193456828593Yersinia pestis Antiqua, complete genomehypothetical protein1e-0961.6