''Yersinia similis'' is a

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species of ''

Yersinia ''Yersinia'' is a genus of bacteria in the family Yersiniaceae. ''Yersinia'' species are Gram-negative, coccobacilli bacteria, a few micrometers long and fractions of a micrometer in diameter, and are facultative anaerobes. Some members of '' ...

'' that resembles '' Yersinia pseudotuberculosis'' phenotypically but differs on the basis of

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sequences. The type strain Y228 (=CCUG 52882 =DSM 18211 =LMG 23763) was originally isolated from a

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Etymology

''Yersinia similis'', L. fem. adj. similis, similar, resembling, as the strains are similar to those of '' Yersinia pseudotuberculosis''.

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LPSN: Species Yersinia similis
similis Bacteria described in 2005 {{Enterobacterales-stub