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This image depicts a magnified left lateral view of an oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis. In this particular view, this flea’s stomach, and proventriculus are completely blocked by a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria. See PHIL 14283, for a view of this same flea at a point prior to the formation of any blockage, and 14284, to see the beginning growth of the growing mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria inside the flea’s stomach.
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