Plague is a zoonotic infection whose pathogenic agent has caused hundreds of million human deaths. A broad range of hosts and vectors, along with the geographical dispersion of natural plague foci characterized by different ecological conditions, contribute to the formation of the polytypic Y. pestis species, the result of selection of the genetic variants specific for certain natural foci. Through the efforts of a world consortium of scientists, a global coordinated phylogram of the SNP types of the plague pathogen has been developed. However, debates on the intraspecies Y. pestis taxonomy still continue on the vast Russian expanses. The work of a taxonomist has many specific, individual features, formed on the basis of individual experience. It is important in this kind of work to follow an old rule which requires that borders should be placed where they have been put by nature, and should not be put where nature has not put them. With that in mind, we suggest here the rational variant of the plague pathogen nomenclature constructed in accordance with the rules set out in the International Code of Bacterial Nomenclature and Evolutionary Taxonomy.

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鼠疫耶尔森菌的合理分类

鼠疫是一种人畜共患传染病，其病原体已导致数亿人死亡。范围广泛的宿主和媒介，以及以不同生态条件为特征的自然鼠疫疫源地的地理分布，促成了多型鼠疫杆菌物种的形成，这是选择特定于某些自然疫源地的遗传变异的结果。通过世界科学家联盟的努力，已经开发了鼠疫病原体 SNP 类型的全球协调系统图。然而，关于鼠疫耶尔森菌种内分类的争论仍在俄罗斯广袤的土地上继续进行。分类学家的工作有许多具体的、个性化的特征，这些特征是在个人经验的基础上形成的。在这种工作中，重要的是要遵循一个旧规则，即边界应该放在自然设置的地方，而不应该放在自然没有设置的地方。考虑到这一点，我们在此建议根据《国际细菌命名法和进化分类法》中规定的规则构建的鼠疫病原体命名法的合理变体。