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The Three Plague Pandemics

APPENDIX D

Table D.1.Biovars of the Three Plague Pandemics Based on rRNA

Biovar O Biovar O Biovar B

Antiqua Medievalis Orientalis

First Pandemic Second Pandemic Third Pandemic

Chemical Rx

Ferment glycerol + + -

Reduce nitrates + - +

Where 70 Kenya Kenya Asia, N. & S. America
specimens found Belgian Congo Kurdistan, Turkey Madagascar