Alterations to a single gene in the plague bacterium's genome have shed light on a method the germ has used to survive and ...

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Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of time ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to ...

The bacteria that cause the plague evolved to become less deadly over time, allowing it to continue infecting people in three ...

Scientists at the Institut Pasteur and McMaster University have discovered that the evolution of a gene in the bacterium that ...