Antiqua biovar of the causative agent of plague. Yersinia pestis biovar Antiqua str. E1979001

Yersinia pestis biovar Antiqua str. E1979001. Yersinia pestis biovar Antiqua str. E1979001 is a Antiqua genomovar 7 strain. This organism was isolated from the oriental vole, Eothenomys miletus, by Chinese plague experts during daily surveillance in Jianchuan county, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. Yersinia pestis biovar Antiqua str. E1979001 is being sequenced for comparative genome analysis of Yersinia pestis strains isolated from different parts of the world.