''Yersinia mollaretii'' is a
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...
species of bacteria.
The species is named after Henri Mollaret, the former head of the National ''
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 ''Ye ...
'' Center at
Institut Pasteur
The Pasteur Institute (french: Institut Pasteur) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who invented pasteurization and vaccines fo ...
.
References
Further reading
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External links
LSPN lpsn.dsmz.de*
Type strain of ''Yersinia mollaretii'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
mollaretii
Bacteria described in 1988
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