Faculty Opinions recommendation of A draft genome of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death.

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Black Death

scholarly journals A draft genome of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death

Nature ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 478 (7370) ◽  
pp. 506-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten I. Bos ◽  
Verena J. Schuenemann ◽  
G. Brian Golding ◽  
Hernán A. Burbano ◽  
Nicholas Waglechner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Black Death

scholarly journals Erratum: A draft genome of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death

Nature ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 480 (7376) ◽  
pp. 278-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten I. Bos ◽  
Verena J. Schuenemann ◽  
G. Brian Golding ◽  
Hernán A. Burbano ◽  
Nicholas Waglechner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Black Death

1. Plague

2016 ◽  
pp. 7-30
Author(s):  
Christian W. McMillen
Keyword(s):  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Near East ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Black Death ◽  
Pacific World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
New Antibiotics ◽  
Improved Sanitation

The plague is a disease caused by a bacillus, Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of an infected flea. ‘Plague’ identifies three main periods of the pandemic. It first appeared in the sixth century ce with several epidemics in Europe and the Near East lasting until the end of the eight century. The second pandemic—the Black Death—began in 1347 and killed up to half of the continent’s population. The last European outbreak was in Russia in 1770. The third pandemic began in China in 1890 and spread rapidly around the Pacific world. Improved sanitation, isolation, and new antibiotics help, but the plague still exists today.

scholarly journals Eight Whole-Genome Assemblies of Yersinia pestis subsp. microtus bv. caucasica Isolated from the Common Vole (Microtus arvalis) Plague Focus in Dagestan, Russia

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelina A. Kislichkina ◽  
Aleksandr G. Bogun ◽  
Lidiya A. Kadnikova ◽  
Nadezhda V. Maiskaya ◽  
Viktor I. Solomentsev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Common Vole ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Microtus Arvalis ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Voles ◽  
Genome Assemblies

ABSTRACT We here report the draft genome sequences of 8 Yersinia pestis subsp. microtus bv. caucasica strains isolated from the East Caucasian (previous name, Dagestan) mountain focus (no. 39), representing the most ancient branch of the 0.PE2 phylogroup circulating in populations of common voles (Microtus arvalis).

scholarly journals Whole-Genome Assemblies for Two Yersinia pestis Strains Isolated in Mongolia

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (41) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muzi Jin ◽  
B. Byambajav ◽  
Hongyuan Zheng ◽  
Yufei Chen ◽  
B. Natsagdorj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Genome Assemblies

ABSTRACT Here, we report the draft genome sequences of two Yersinia pestis bv. Antiqua strains, belonging to the 3.ANT phylogroup, that were isolated in Mongolia and were circulating in marmot populations.

scholarly journals Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes provide no evidence for the origins or spread of the Justinianic Plague

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Keller ◽  
Maria A. Spyrou ◽  
Michael McCormick ◽  
Kirsten I. Bos ◽  
Alexander Herbig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Black Death ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Eurasian Steppe ◽  
Human Genomes ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
The Silk Road

AbstractAlong with the publication of 137 ancient human genomes retrieved from archaeological remains of the Eurasian steppe, Damgaard et al., 2018 identified two individuals infected with Yersinia pestis, yielding one genome with 0.24x average coverage (DA147, 6th–9th c. AD) and another with 8.7x (DA101, 2nd–3rd c. AD). A phylogenetic analysis performed on the latter placed it in a position ancestral to a 6th-century Justinianic genome from Aschheim, Germany. These results are used to fuel an argument that the Justinianic Plague (541–544 AD) “was brought to Europe towards the end of the Hunnic period through the Silk Road along the southern fringes of the steppes” in contrast to the leading hypothesis of introduction via the Red Sea that is supported by historical accounts. In our reanalysis, we question the contested historical context of the presented genomes with the Justinianic Plague and show that the lower coverage genome might be rather related to the Black Death (1346–1353 AD).

scholarly journals Phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through analysis of historical Yersinia pestis genomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria A. Spyrou ◽  
Marcel Keller ◽  
Rezeda I. Tukhbatova ◽  
Christiana L. Scheib ◽  
Elizabeth A. Nelson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Genomic Region ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Black Death ◽  
Evolutionary Trajectory ◽  
Late Stages ◽  
Initial Entry

Abstract The second plague pandemic, caused by Yersinia pestis, devastated Europe and the nearby regions between the 14th and 18th centuries AD. Here we analyse human remains from ten European archaeological sites spanning this period and reconstruct 34 ancient Y. pestis genomes. Our data support an initial entry of the bacterium through eastern Europe, the absence of genetic diversity during the Black Death, and low within-outbreak diversity thereafter. Analysis of post-Black Death genomes shows the diversification of a Y. pestis lineage into multiple genetically distinct clades that may have given rise to more than one disease reservoir in, or close to, Europe. In addition, we show the loss of a genomic region that includes virulence-related genes in strains associated with late stages of the pandemic. The deletion was also identified in genomes connected with the first plague pandemic (541–750 AD), suggesting a comparable evolutionary trajectory of Y. pestis during both events.

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