The American West’s changing climate might mean more plague-carrying critters
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Every year, a handful of Americans catch plague. The disease, caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, was introduced to North…
Every year, a handful of Americans catch plague. The disease, caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, was introduced to North…
Prairie dogs in the Western United States are particularly susceptible to plague.
Plague is a highly contagious disease that has killed millions of people over the past 1,400 years.
© Eighteenth Century engraving showing a death cart unloading bodies into a mass grave during the Great Plague of London The…
More The bacteria that cause plague, or the Black Death, could be lying dormant in common soil and water sources, posing a…
Plague is a highly contagious disease that has killed millions of people over the past 1,400 years.
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David Markman…
Amoebae, single-celled organisms common in soil, water and grade-school science classrooms, may play a key role in the survival…
The amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum after it was mixed with plague bacteria (Yersinia pestis).
New Colorado State University research shows that plague bacteria, Yersinia pestis, not only survive, but thrive and replicate…
Amoebae, single-celled organisms common in soil, water and grade-school science classrooms, may play a key role in the survival…
These are fluorescent confocal images of amoebae after experimental co-culture with Yersinia pestis.
Amoebae, single-celled organisms common in soil, water and grade-school science classrooms, may play a key role in the survival…