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Noun: Yersin
  1. French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943)
    - Alexandre Yersin, Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin

Type of: bacteriologist

Encyclopedia: Yersin, Alexander

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