Oral administration is a preferred model for studying infection by bacterial enteropathogens such as Yersinia. In the mouse model, the most frequent method for oral infection consists of oral gavage w

The Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex comprises the plague pathogen Yersinia pestis, the enteropathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, as well as specific sub-group of Y. pseudotuberculosis strains re