Scientists confirm that the Justinianic Plague was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis

(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) The results of ancient DNA analyses carried out on the early medieval cemetery of Aschheim in Bavaria, Germany, confirmed unambiguously that Y. pestis was the causing agent of the first pandemic, the so-called Justinianic Plague.
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