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What is bacterium an example of?

Yersinia pestis, AKA, Bubonic Plague


Is bubonic plague a fungus or bacterium?

Bubonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It is not caused by a fungus.


The bubonic plague of the mid-fourteenth century was the most devastating natural disaster in European history you now konw that this plague was caused by rats that were infected by bacteria-carrying?

Yes, the bubonic plague was a catastrophic event in the mid-fourteenth century, caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium carried by fleas on rats. This bacterium is transmitted to humans through flea bites, leading to the devastating effects of the disease. The plague resulted in a significant loss of life and had far-reaching social and economic impacts across Europe.


How how does the plague bacillus and other bacteria spread through the human body?

Lets just look at the plague bacillus as most microbes spread in different ways.Signs and symptoms of the plague: elevated fever, flulike symptoms at first, buboes, which were orange sized, septic shock, cardiovascular collapse.There are two forms of bubonic plague: the bubonic form (cardiovascular) and the pneumonic form (lungs and respiratory tract). The pneumonic was nearly 100% fatal and passed like a cold is. The bubonic form entered the blood and travel into the lymph system. The nodes tried to produce many white cells to fight it off and many times won.


How do you get the plague?

One gets plague when he/she is bitten by infected rats or fleas.You got it through a flea that has bitten a rat whos blood is infected with many bad bacteria, like yersinia pestis.