Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
4. living organisms (entities)
5. Bacteria (domain)
6. Proteobacteria (phylum)
7. Gammaproteobacteria (class)
8. Enterobacteriales (order)
9. Enterobacteriaceae (family)

Narrower term/s

• Yersinia pestis (species)

Anotations

Scope note:

Genus containing ovoid- or rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Yersinia are gram-negative bacteria and are described as facultative anaerobes, which means that they are capable of surviving in both aerobic and anaerobic environments.