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The plague was a disease that completely changed history, especially during the event of the Black Death. The disease's causative organism is called either Pasturella pestis or Yersinia pestis.
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∙ 15y ago== yes know we have a clue! well its caused by bacteria. == Yersinia pestis is the name of the bacteria which was carried in the blood of wild black rats and the fleas that lived off these rats.
Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the digestive tracts of fleas and other animals.
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