Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes from across Western Europe reveal early diversification during the First Pandemic (541-750) [Evolution]

The first historically documented pandemic caused by Yersinia pestis began as the Justinianic Plague in 541 within the Roman Empire and continued as the so-called First Pandemic until 750. Although paleogenomic studies have previously identified the causative agent as Y. pestis, little is known about the bacterium’s spread, diversity, and...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - June 17, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Marcel Keller, Maria A. Spyrou, Christiana L. Scheib, Gunnar U. Neumann, Andreas Kropelin, Brigitte Haas–Gebhard, Bernd Paffgen, Jochen Haberstroh, Albert Ribera i Lacomba, Claude Raynaud, Craig Cessford, Raphael Durand, Peter Stadler, Kathrin Nagel Tags: PNAS Plus Source Type: research