''Yersinia rochesterensis'' 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 wa ...

, motile, rod-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from

human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, cultu ...

feces. This potentially pathogenic species has been isolated in human stools in France and in the United States where it was characterized at the Mayo Clinic. A ''Y. rochesterensis'' strain, isolated from hare and initially identified as ''

Yersinia kristensenii ''Yersinia kristensenii'' is a species of bacteria.Bercovier, Hervé, et al. "Yersinia kristensenii: A new species of Enterobacteriaceae composed of sucrose-negative strains (formerly called atypical Yersinia enterocolitica or Yersinia enterocoli ...

'', was serotyped as O:12,25.

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LSPN lpsn.dsmz.deType strain of ''Yersinia rochesterensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
rochesterensis Bacteria described in 2021 {{Enterobacterales-stub