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April 24, 2014

A plague in your family
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Apr 25, 2014
For the first time, researchers have studied the Black Death bacterium's entire family tree to fully understand how some of the family members evolve to become harmful. Contrary to popular belief, the team found pathogenic members of this bacterial family do not share a recent common disease-causing ancestor, but instead, have followed parallel evolutionary paths to become harmful. The Yersinia family of bacteria has many sub species, some of which are harmful and others not. Two of the most ... read more

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