Bacteria and Diseases
incertae sedis: Bacteria
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Loriella osteophila | Borzì, 1892 | (rediscovered) | Papua New Guinea | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Pasteuria ramosa | Metchnikoff, 1888 | (rediscovered) | Europe | Redicovered | Access | |
| Westiellopsis interrupta | Kanthamma in Jeeji-Bai, 1972 | (rediscovered) | India | Rediscovered | Access |
incertae sedis: Diseases (Pathogens)
| Disease Name | Pathogen | First/Last Known Case | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Black Death1 | Yersinia pestis strain | Before 1346 to 1353? | Northern Hemisphere | Dormant? | Access |
| Rinderpest | Rinderpest virus | <3,000 BC to 2001 | Global | Still kept in laboratories | Access |
| Small pox2 | Variola virus (two variants: Variola major and Variola minor) | c. 1500 BC to 1978 | ? | Still kept in laboratories | Access |
References:
1 Bos, Kirsten I. et al. (2011). A draft genome of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death. Nature 478(7370): 506-510.
2 Anonymous. (1980). Decline and Fall of the Smallpox Empire. World Health (May).
2 Anonymous. (1985). The Virus in the Crypt. New Scientist (July 18).
2 Lewin, Peter K. (1985). Mummified, Frozen Smallpox: Is it a Threat? Journal of the American Medical Association 253: 3095.
2 Razzell, Peter. (1975). Smallpox Extinction -A Note of Caution. New Scientist 71: 35.
2 Zuckerman, Arie J. (1984). Palaeontology of Smallpox. The Lancet 2(8417-8418): 1454.