Yersiniaceae

Yersiniaceae
Yersinia pestis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Enterobacterales
Family:	Yersiniaceae Adeolu et al., 2016
Genera
Chania Chimaeribacter Ewingella Rahnella Rouxiella Samsonia Serratia Yersinia "Ca. Fukatsuia"

The Yersiniaceae are a family of Gram-negative bacteria that includes some familiar pathogens. For example, the type genus Yersinia includes Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague. This family is a member of the order Enterobacterales in the class Gammaproteobacteria of the phylum Pseudomonadota.^[1]

The name Yersiniaceae is derived from the Latin term Yersinia, referring the type genus of the family and the suffix "-aceae", an ending used to denote a family. Together, Yersiniaceae refers to a family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Yersinia.