Bubonic Plague smear demonstrating the presence of Yersinia pestis bacteria


Bipolar staining of smear prepared from lymph aspirated from bubo of plague patient. Plague is caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis.


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Keywords: bacteria, bubo, bubonic, contagion, danger, day, death, disease, horizontal, hygiene, illness, infection, lymph, magnification, micro-organism, microbiology, plague, risk