Mediaevalis biovar of the causative agent of plague. Yersinia pestis biovar Mediaevalis str. K1973002

Yersinia pestis biovar Mediaevalis str. K1973002. Yersinia pestis biovar Mediaevalis str. K1973002 is a Mediaevalis genomovar 11 strain. This organism was isolated from the Himalayan marmot, Marmota himalaya, by Chinese plague experts during daily surveillance in Hetian county, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Yersinia pestis biovar Mediaevalis str. K1973002 is being sequenced for comparative genome analysis of Yersinia pestis strains isolated from different parts of the world.