yersinia wautersii yersinia wautersii yersinia wautersii is a species of gram-negative bacteria that was originally called the korean group of the yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex. the type strain is 12-219n1 (=cip 110607 =dsm 27350). yersinia wautersii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: enterobacterales family: yersiniaceae genus: yersinia species: y. wautersii binomial name yersinia wautersiisavin et al., 2014 etymology yersinia wautersii, wau.ter.si’i n.l. gen. masc. n. wautersii, named in honor of professor george wauters, a belgian microbiologist who contributed an in depth characterization of the genus yersinia, including the biotyping scheme of yersinia enterocolitica.