Text S1 1 Distinct clones of Yersinia pestis caused the Black Death Haensch S, Bianucci R, Signoli M, Rajerison M, Schultz M, Kacki S, Vermunt M, Weston DA, Hurst D, Achtman M, Carniel E, Bramanti B.* *To whom correspondence should be addressed at the Institute of Anthropology, Colonel Kleinmann Weg 2, SBII 02, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55128 Mainz, Germany. E-mail: bramanti@uni-mainz.de Archaeological information The rural cemetery of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse is located mid-way between Narbonne and Carcassonne in south-eastern France. During the 2007 excavations, an early medieval church and graveyard used during the 8th-14th centuries were discovered and 149 graves were identified. Three of the graves, located close to the southern wall of the church, were mass graves belonging to a funerary phase dating between the 11th and 14th centuries. Two of these interments contained two bodies each, while the third contained the remains of five individuals, making a total sum of six adults and three juveniles. As all the bodies were buried simultaneously and there were no signs of violent trauma, the three multiple graves were suspected to be plague pits. Historical accounts suggest that the Black Death reached Marseilles (in south-eastern France) by November 1347 and spread to the west of France by land and sea, reaching Narbonne and Carcassonne at the beginning of 1348 [S1, S2]. Unfortunately, no additional written records exist for the rural cemetery of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse. A copper and iron buckle found in association with one skeleton (SLC 1083) from grave SLC 160, together with soil stratigraphy dated the graves to between the early 13th and late 14th centuries, indicating that the plague epidemic associated with these graves could be either the outbreak of 1348 or the resurgence of 1374. Radiocarbon measurements have been carried out on three samples from the site, among these one from grave SLC 141, the grave of the PCR-positive sample SLC 1006 (sample SLC 1010; OxA-21213). For this sample, calibration indicates calAD 1279-1389 (95.4 % probability) as the most likely range, i.e. calAD 1279-1315 (49.6 %) and 13551389 (46.4 %). Individuals from the two other pits, which were positive only to the RDT analyses, were also dated: SLC 1013 (OxA 21214) - calAD 1286-1325 (39.7 %), 1345-1394 (55.7 %); SLC 1081 (OxA 21215) - cal AD 1303-1366 (70.7 %), 1383-1409 (24.7 %). Text S1 2 From the English cemetery site of Hereford, a town near the Welsh border, 188 individuals were found in three mass graves (pits) associated with the cathedral [S3]. The pit sample, a relatively small proportion of the 1194 skeletons excavated from the cemetery, had a large number of juveniles, particularly children aged between 5 and 14 years. Adults from the mass pits were mainly aged between 26-35 years, and the sexes were evenly represented. The three pits were of similar dimensions and were found in a row, each built up of layers containing bodies separated by thin deposits of clay-rich soil. It is likely that many more individuals (ca. 300-400) were buried in the mass graves, as only the end of each burial pit was excavated. All archaeological evidence points to the Black Death as the cause of death for the individuals in the mass graves. Plague is thought to have been exported from France to England via shipping and trade in the summer of 1348 [S4]. Most of the Hereford samples used here were derived from individuals from Plague Pit 2, which has been directly AMS radiocarbon dated to between calAD 1281-1389 (2 sigma range, probability 95.4 %, KIA23704), and fits into either the time of the first plague outbreak in 1349, the second outbreak in 1361, or the third outbreak in 1369 [S5]. The skeletal collection from Bergen op Zoom (The Netherlands) was excavated from the site of an ancient hospital, where all the available ground was used for mass burial. The samples were taken from eleven mass graves containing between 10 and 25 individuals, most of them buried in wooden coffins, some in linen shrouds. The mass graves, which can be dated to the middle of the 14th century on the basis of soil stratigraphy, artefacts and coins, were located very close to one another, did not intersect and were all contained within the same stratigraphic level. Moreover, 30 graves were found surrounding the altar inside the hospital chapel and an additional 150 graves were found in the same level as the central hospital building itself and in a small structure adjacent to the hospital [S6]. Out of an estimated population of 2,400-3,200 medieval inhabitants, approximately 800 were buried in the mass graves, indicating a sudden, high mortality due to a major catastrophe. The administrative records for Bergen op Zoom, once a thriving port city, were destroyed by fire in 1397 and there are no written reports describing plague for the years 1349-1351 or later. However, historical data indicate that plague ravaged the Low Countries at least four times between 1349 and 1390. Text S1 3 Plague epidemics have been well-documented in the southern German town of Augsburg since 1380, repeatedly afflicting the town until 1634/1635. During the 15th and 16th centuries, plague episodes were recorded once a year, and in the years 1627/1628 a total of 12,103 people died [S7]. The excavated site (now factory premises at Heinrich-von-Buz-Straße 28) was dated to the 16th/17th century by ceramics and was associated with either the Thirty Years War or a disease epidemic [S8]. This mass grave was found roughly 300m away from a site excavated in 1936 near an earlier plague repository. The mass grave consisted of 4-5 layers of skeletons, which were difficult to separate. The individuals were all buried together in an anonymous fashion and all but 9 individuals were placed in a prone position, alternating eastwest, reflecting the typical rapid burial of plague victims. The Italian archaeological site of Ex-Gelmini in Parma was situated in the Oltretorrente area of the city, where several lazarettos (quarantine stations) were organized during the plague epidemic of 1630 [S9]. During the excavation, numerous pits were discovered and estimated to contain up to 5,000 individuals in several stratified layers. Associated ceramics date the pits to the end of the 16th or beginning of 17th century, indicating that the skeletons might belong to victims of the 1630 plague wave that killed 75 % of the population (ca. 16,000-18,000 individuals [S10]). The samples used as negative controls for the analyses (Table 1) originated from Germany, France and the Netherlands. Those indicated as ‘Bösfeld’ (Bös) were bones derived from skeletons excavated from the Bösfeld site, near Mannheim, a Frankish cemetery dating roughly to the 7th century. The ‘SLC’ samples (all teeth) were unearthed from the oldest part of the cemetery of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse (8th-10th centuries), whereas the teeth indicated as ‘BNK’ originated from sepultures in an ordinary cemetery of the 16th and 17th century in Bergen op Zoom. All samples used as negative controls were exhumed from sites without archaeological evidence of catastrophic events, like an epidemic. A soil sample for aDNA analysis was obtained from the femur of individual Man 30 from the Augsburg site. Additional considerations on the aDNA analysis Text S1 4 For aDNA amplification we used oligonucleotide primers that were designed to amplify amplicons of 120 bp on average, a length that is compatible with degraded DNA (Table S2). Nevertheless, we failed to amplify the aDNA of Y. pestis from plague skeletons in 87 % of all individuals, similar to previous results obtained by other groups [S11, S12]. The recovery of amplifiable Y. pestis DNA from ancient samples is problematic even when analyses are repeated several times and the skeletons are from known plague victims. In some cases, only a few regions of the bacterial DNA could be amplified (Fig. 3; Table S3), probably because the DNA molecules were severely damaged and fragmented. For some individuals, even extracts obtained from different teeth from the same jaw showed differences in the success rate (e.g. Ber10, Table S3). Moreover, individuals who were positive for the RDT analysis often failed to amplify the caf1 gene (Table 1), confirming published results by others [S12]. We did not consider two samples (Ber3 and Ber9) among the pla-positives, as although both amplified once, the amplification could not be positively replicated, even when the same extract was used. Most likely the DNA content in the extracts was too low and thus the possibility for amplification was strongly influenced by chance. However, Ber3 yielded positive results for the RDT analysis. With regards to the series that failed to amplify Y. pestis specific DNA but were positive for the RDT reaction (Parma and Augsburg), we stress that for these two series bone samples were principally analyzed. While trabecular bone from the femoral heads revealed positive results for the RDT test, the genetically analyzed cortical bone may have possessed too few surfaces for bacteria to infiltrate in the last phase of infection. Moreover, unlike teeth, bone is more readily subjected to environmental degradation processes that destroy DNA. For those samples that were positively amplified, all the sequences obtained were determined by up to three independent extractions and several independent amplifications, depending on the availability of biological material and extract (Table S3). When necessary, amplifications were repeated, changing the amount of template to exclude artifacts like stochastic substitution due to degradation processes, especially if those were observed at the SNP positions. Text S1 5 Each obtained sequence was tested by performing BLAST searches to find matches from Yersinia sequences sharing a MaxIdent score over 90 % (identity scores lower than 100 % were due to deaminations since the largest scores still remained Y. pestis ssp.). Deaminations are the principal changes that occur due to the degradation of ancient DNA [S13], thus suggesting an archaic origin for the molecules. Blanks and Negative controls No milling, extraction and PCR blanks amplified with Y. pestis specific primers yielded amplification results. An exception was a PCR control amplified for the SNP s19. This yielded a sequence that could be identified as Escherichia coli DNA (Fig. S6 in Text S2). The presence of traces of E. coli DNA in the laboratory environment is not unexpected since chemicals employed for the PCR reaction can be obtained from the modified bacterium. Blank controls amplified with unspecific primers (rpoB and 16S primers) in some cases gave reaction products that could always be unambiguously identified with primer dimers or artifacts. Soil samples used for the RDT analyses always yielded negative results. Soil from one Augsburg bone sample (Man30) was used for genetic analyses. While rpoB-primers yielded no amplification, DNA amplified with the 16S-primers yielded only DNA from environmental and soil bacteria and no Y. pestisspecific sequence could be obtained. No reaction products were obtained from the negative controls used for the RDT and PCR analyses. This cannot be attributed to inhibition effects since from all negative controls (but Bös 844) human mtDNA sequences were amplified (data not shown). The high number of likely false negatives among the samples from the plague pits both for RDT and PCR analyses required a large number of negative controls to ensure that the sequences and the protein did not stem from other unknown bacteria. The main goal of our aDNA investigation was to genotype ancient Y. pestis DNA, not to genetically prove the existence of the infection in each skeleton. Thus we concentrated our efforts on obtaining reproductions of up to 20 specific markers from some individuals (Table S3) instead of performing a clinical case-control experiment by repeating the analysis a fixed number of times. Text S1 6 Conversely, in several cases we abandoned the search after the first attempts, conscious that in these cases we would have had more false negatives among the plague individuals. Nevertheless, to establish whether we used an adequate number of negative controls we performed a Fisher's exact test on a contingency table (Table S4) under the hypothesis that ‘case’ and ‘controls’ were individuals originating from the same population. This gave a high significant p-value for both the RDT (P 0.01 %) and PCR (P 2.25 %) analyses. This indicates that it is extremely unlikely that the negative results obtained from the negative controls (non-plague individuals) were due to false negative reactions. References S1. Biraben J-N (1975) Les hommes et la peste en France et dans les pays Européens et Méditerranéens, 2 vols. Paris: Mouton. S2. Benedictow OJ (2004) The Black Death 1346-1353: the complete history. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. S3. 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Parma: Palatina. S10. Del Panta L, Livi Bacci M, Pinto G, Sonnino E editors (1996) La popolazione Italiana dal Medioevo a Oggi. Bari: Laterza. S11. Gilbert MT, Cuccui J, White W, Lynnerup N, Titball RW et al. (2004) Absence of Yersinia pestis-specific DNA in human teeth from five European excavations of putative plague victims. Microbiology 150: 341-354. S12. Pusch CM, Rahalison L, Blin N, Graeme JN, Czarnetzki A (2004) Yersinial F1 antigen and the cause of Black Death. Lancet Infect Dis 4: 484-485. S13. Hofreiter M, Jaenicke V, Serre D, von Haeseler A, Pääbo S (2001) DNA sequences from multiple amplifications reveal artifacts induced by cytosine deamination in ancient DNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 29: 4793-4799. Text S1 7 Figure S1: Alignment of the pla-nucleotide sequences from ancient samples. As reference the sequence from Y. pestis CO92 was used (AL10996; 1.ORI). Sample Ber16 is not considered in the alignment because it was not sequenced. Text S1 480 Yp_CO92_AL109969 Ber3a_XXBB.47.1_YP10R Ber3a_XXBB.47.1_YP11D Ber9a_XXBB.47.4_YP11D Ber9a_XXBB.47.4_YP10R Ber10a_XXBB.47.5_YP11D Ber10a_XXBB.47.5_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.59.10_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.59.10_YP10R Ber10a_XIV.60.11_YP10R Ber10a_XIV.60.11_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.68.13_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.68.13_YP10R Ber12a_XVI.68.5_YP10R Ber13b_XVI.68.6_YP11D Ber13b_XVI.68.6_YP10R Ber13a_XXIII.93.14_YP11D Ber36b_XVI.68.10_YP11D Ber36b_XVI.68.10_YP10R Ber37b_XXIV.95.5_YP11D Ber37a_XXV.100.1_YP10R Ber37a_XXV.100.1_YP11D Ber45a_XVI.68.12_YP11D Ber45a_XVI.68.12_YP10R Her7a_XVIIIBB.63.3_YP12D Her7a_XV.63.15_YP11R Her7a_XV.63.15_YP12D Her7a_XVIIIBB.62.3_YP11D Her7a_XVIIIBB.62.3_YP10R Her7a_XXI.86.7_YP11D Her7a_XXI.86.7_YP10R Her21a_XV.63.16_YP12D Her21a_XXIVBB.63.7_YP12D Her21a_XXIVBB.62.7_YP11D Her21a_XXIVBB.62.7_YP10R SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1_YP10R SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1_YP11D SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1.2_YP10R SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1.2_YP11D SLC1006a_XXIX.106.8_YP11D C . - G . . . . . - T . . . . . - T . . . . . - T . . . . . - C . . . . . - A . . . . . - G . . . . . - Yp_CO92_AL109969 Ber3a_XXBB.47.1_YP10R Ber3a_XXBB.47.1_YP11D Ber9a_XXBB.47.4_YP11D Ber9a_XXBB.47.4_YP10R Ber10a_XXBB.47.5_YP11D Ber10a_XXBB.47.5_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.59.10_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.59.10_YP10R Ber10a_XIV.60.11_YP10R Ber10a_XIV.60.11_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.68.13_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.68.13_YP10R Ber12a_XVI.68.5_YP10R Ber13b_XVI.68.6_YP11D Ber13b_XVI.68.6_YP10R Ber13a_XXIII.93.14_YP11D Ber36b_XVI.68.10_YP11D Ber36b_XVI.68.10_YP10R Ber37b_XXIV.95.5_YP11D Ber37a_XXV.100.1_YP10R Ber37a_XXV.100.1_YP11D Ber45a_XVI.68.12_YP11D Ber45a_XVI.68.12_YP10R Her7a_XVIIIBB.63.3_YP12D Her7a_XV.63.15_YP11R Her7a_XV.63.15_YP12D Her7a_XVIIIBB.62.3_YP11D Her7a_XVIIIBB.62.3_YP10R Her7a_XXI.86.7_YP11D Her7a_XXI.86.7_YP10R Her21a_XV.63.16_YP12D Her21a_XXIVBB.63.7_YP12D Her21a_XXIVBB.62.7_YP11D Her21a_XXIVBB.62.7_YP10R SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1_YP10R SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1_YP11D SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1.2_YP10R SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1.2_YP11D SLC1006a_XXIX.106.8_YP11D G . . . . . - G . . . . . - T . . . . . - A . . . . . - A . . . . . - T . . . . . - A . . . . . - G . . . . . - Yp_CO92_AL109969 Ber3a_XXBB.47.1_YP10R Ber3a_XXBB.47.1_YP11D Ber9a_XXBB.47.4_YP11D Ber9a_XXBB.47.4_YP10R Ber10a_XXBB.47.5_YP11D Ber10a_XXBB.47.5_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.59.10_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.59.10_YP10R Ber10a_XIV.60.11_YP10R Ber10a_XIV.60.11_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.68.13_YP11D Ber10a_XIV.68.13_YP10R Ber12a_XVI.68.5_YP10R Ber13b_XVI.68.6_YP11D Ber13b_XVI.68.6_YP10R Ber13a_XXIII.93.14_YP11D Ber36b_XVI.68.10_YP11D Ber36b_XVI.68.10_YP10R Ber37b_XXIV.95.5_YP11D Ber37a_XXV.100.1_YP10R Ber37a_XXV.100.1_YP11D Ber45a_XVI.68.12_YP11D Ber45a_XVI.68.12_YP10R Her7a_XVIIIBB.63.3_YP12D Her7a_XV.63.15_YP11R Her7a_XV.63.15_YP12D Her7a_XVIIIBB.62.3_YP11D Her7a_XVIIIBB.62.3_YP10R Her7a_XXI.86.7_YP11D Her7a_XXI.86.7_YP10R Her21a_XV.63.16_YP12D Her21a_XXIVBB.63.7_YP12D Her21a_XXIVBB.62.7_YP11D Her21a_XXIVBB.62.7_YP10R SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1_YP10R SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1_YP11D SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1.2_YP10R SLC1006a_XXIX.105.1.2_YP11D SLC1006a_XXIX.106.8_YP11D A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . - . . . . - . . . . - . . . . - . . . . - . . . . - . . . . - . . . . - . . . . - T . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 670 G . . . . . - A . . . . . - A . . . . . - G . . . . . - G . . . . . - A . . . . . - G . . . . . - T . . . . . - G . . . . . - A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y . . . . . . . Y . . . . . . . 620 690 . . G . . . . . - 550 A . . . . . - 610 680 8 540 C . . . . . - G . . . . . - 630 700 . . . Text S1 9 Figure S2: Alignment of the (A-B) caf1 and (C-D) rpoB sequences from ancient samples. The corresponding gene sequences of Y. pestis CO92 served as reference sequence. Different primer sets were used for each amplification fragment (Tab. S2): for caf 1 (A and B) caf1 F1/R1or U2 / L2 and rpoB F1/ R1 or rpoB F2 / R2 for rpoB. Text S1 10 Figure S3: Sequence comparison of glpD (A) and napA613 (B) of Y. pestis CO92 and KIM6 with sequences from ancient samples. Ancient samples lack both, the 93bp-deletion of 1.ORI and the G/T mutation of 2.Med (indicated with red boxes in S3.A and S3.B, respectively). Text S1 11 Figure S4: Alignment of the sequences encompassing five SNPs defining branch 0. The relevant codons are marked with red rectangles. A: s29 defining branch 0.PE2b (GCA), B: s31 defining branch 0.PE2a (GGA), C: s81excluding 0.PE4 and Y. pseudotuberculosis (AAA) and D-E: s82/s87 defining branch 0.PE (shortly before splitting into branches 1and 2). A 98 0 Yp stIP32 953 _BX 936 39 8s2 9 Be r1 0a_ XIV.72.8 s29 L1 a Be r1 0a_ XIV.72.8 s29 U1 a Be r3 6b_ XIV.72.1 0s2 9U1a Be r4 5a_ XIV.72.1 1s2 9U1a He r7 a_X V.72.12 s2 9U1 a He r2 1a_ XV.72 .1 3s29 U1a 99 0 G . . . . C . . . . . G . . . . . A . . . . . . A . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . C . . . T T . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . Y . Y . Y Y T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . A G G G G G G G G G A G G G G G G G G G A . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . B YpstIP32953_BX936398s31 Ber10a_XVI.73.8s31U Ber13b_XVI.73.9s31L Ber13b_XVI.73.9s31U Ber36b_XVI.73.10s31L Ber36b_XVI.73.10s31U Ber45a_XVI.73.11s31L Ber45a_XVI.73.11s31U Her7a_XV.73.12s31L Her7a_XV.73.12s31U Her21a_XV.73.13s31U G . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . - T . . . . . . - C . . . . . . - G . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . - A . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . G . . . . . . T . . . . . . G . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . A G G G R G G G G G C . . . . . . . . . G . A . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . A . . . T . . . C . . . . . . A . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . T . . . T . . . G . . . T . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . T . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . T . . . A . . . . . . C . . . . . . A . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . G R . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . C . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . G T T T T T T T T T T T T G . . . . T . . . . G . . . . . . C . . . . . . G . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . T G G G G G G G G G G . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . G R . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . R R G . . . . G . . . . G . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . R R T . . . . . . . . . . Y Y T G G G G A . . . . . . A . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . Y . Y . Y . T . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . G . . A . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . T . . . . A . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . G . . A . . . . . . G - C . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . A . . . . . . C . . . . . . G . . . . . . C . . . . . . T . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . T . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . A . . . . . . G . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . G . . . . C . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . G . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . G R . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . G . . . . C . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . R . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . T . . . . T . . . . A . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . G . . . . C . . . . A . . . . G . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . G . . . . T . . . . . . G . . . . . 390 C . . . . . . . . . T T . . . . . . . . . A A . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . W G . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . 1610 1600 G C G A C C A T C T G A C C A C G A T A A G C C A T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . C . A . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . C . C . . . . . . . . . . . G . G G . . . . G . . . . T . . . . T . . . . 1940 A . . . . G . . . . . . 1620 A . . . . . . . . . 1180 G . . R . . . . . . . . . C . . . . T . 380 A . . . . . . . . . . 1630 T . . . . . . . . . 1950 A . . . . 10 20 T . . . . . . 370 T . . . . . . . . . . 1640 C . . . . . . . . . 1190 C . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . 360 G R . . . . . . . . . 1960 T . . . 10 10 A . . . . . . 1650 A . . . . . . . . . 1200 A . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . 350 T . . . . . . . . . . 1970 A . . . C . . . . . . 340 A . . . . . . . . . . 1210 T . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 00 A . . . . . . 1660 E YpstIP_BX936398s87 Ber10a_XIV.92.13s87U1 Ber10a_XIV.92.13s87L1 Ber45b_XVII.84.7s87L1 Ber45b_XVII.84.7s87U1 G . . . . . . 1670 D YpstIP32953_BX936398s82 Ber10a_XIV.72.1s82L1 Ber10a_XIV.72.1s82U1 Ber36b_XVI.72.3s82L1 Ber36b_XVI.72.3s82U1 Ber45a_XVI.72.4s82L1 Ber45a_XVI.72.4s82U1 Her7a_XV.72.5s82L1 Her7a_XV.72.5s82U1 Her21a_XV.72.6s82L1 Her21a_XV.72.6s82U1 SLC1006b_XXIX.109.9s82L1 SLC1006b_XXIX.109.9s82U1 T . . . . . . 330 A . . . . . . C Yp stIP32 953_BX 936398s81 Be r10a_XVI.74.1s81U5 Be r13b_XVI.77.3s81U7 Be r16a_XVII.77.1s81U7 Be r36b_XVI.74.3s81U5 Be r45a_XVI.74.4s81U5 Be r45a_XVI.73.4s81U5 Be r45a_XVI.80.4s81L1b Be r45a_XVI.80.4s81U7 Be r45b_XVII.77.2s81U7 A . . . . . . 1930 A . . . . C . . . . G A T . . . . . . . . . . Text S1 12 Figure S5: Alignment of the sequences encompassing five SNPs defining branch 1. The relevant codons are marked with red rectangles. A and B: 1.ORI specific SNPs s2 (CGA) and s7 (ACC). C-F: branch 1 specific SNPs s11 (CAA), s12 (CGT), s13 (GCT) and s14 (ACG). A 100 YpCO92_NC_003143_s2 Ber10a_XIV.63.21s2L2. Ber10a_XIV.63.21s2U2 Ber10a_XVI.69.23s2U2 Ber10a_XVI.69.23s2L2 Ber36b_XVI.69.21s2U2 Ber36b_XVI.69.21s2L2 Ber36b_XVI.70.10s2L2 Ber36b_XVI.70.10s2U2 Ber45a_XVI.69.22s2U2 Ber45a_XVI.69.22s2L2 Ber45a_XVI.70.11s2U2 Ber45a_XVI.70.11s2L2 Ber13b_XVI.70.9s2U2 Ber13b_XVI.70.9s2L2 Her7a_XV.70.12s2L2 Her7a_XV.70.12s2U2 Her21a_XV.70.13s2L2 SLC1006b_XXIX.114.8s2L2 T . . . . . - B YpCO92_NC_003143_s7 Ber10a_XVI.94.9_s7U4 Ber10a_XVI.94.9_s7L4 Ber45b_XVIII.84.9s7L4 Ber45b_XVIII.84.9s7U4 T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . G . . . . A . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A G G G G G G G G G G G G G G 110 C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . T . . . . A . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 G - T . . . - T . . . . C . . . . C YpCO92_NC_003143_s11 Ber10a_XIV.79.1s11l Ber10a_XIV.79.1s11u Ber36b_XVI.79.4s11l Ber36b_XVI.79.4s11u Ber45a_XVI.79.5s11l Ber45a_XVI.79.5s11u Ber45b_XVII.79.6s11l Ber45b_XVII.79.6s11u Her21a_XV.79.8s11l Her21a_XV.79.8s11u SLC1006b_XXIX.109.21s11u SLC1006b_XXIX.109.21s11l SLC1006b_XXIX.113.11s11l SLC1006b_XXIX.113.11s11u G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A A . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . T . W . . A . W . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . Y . . . . . . . . Y . . . . . . . A . . . . A . . . . G . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 T . . . . T . . . . A . . . . A . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 C . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . T . . . . G . . . . T . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R . C . . . . G . . . . T . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . G . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . A A . . C . . . . . . . . T T . . . . C . . . . C Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . Y . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . Y G . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . Y Y . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F Yp CO92_NC_003143_s14 G Ber10a_XIV.66.1s14L1 . Ber10a_XIV.66.1s14U1 . Ber10a_XVI.69.5s14U1 . Ber10a_XVI.69.5s14L1 . Ber13b_XVI.69.2s14L1 . Ber36b_XVI.69.3s14U1 . Ber36b_XVI.69.3s14L1 . Ber36b_XVI.71.3s14L1 . Ber36b_XVI.71.3s14U1 . Ber45a_XVI.69.4s14U1 . Ber45a_XVI.71.4s14L1 . Ber45a_XVI.71.4s14U1 . Ber45a_XVI.114.12s14U1 . Ber45a_XVI.114.12s14L1 . Her21a_XV.67.11s14U1 . Her21a_XV.67.11s14L1 . Her21a_XV.71.6s14U1 . Her21a_XV.71.6s14L1 . Her21a_XV.114.13s14L1 . SLC1006b_XXIX.109.5s14L1 . SLC1006b_XXIX.109.5s14U1 . T . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . T . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . T . . . . . . . C . . . . G . . . . T . . . . G . . . . A . . . . A . . . . C . . . . . . . . T T . . . . 2120 400 390 380 370 2130 360 YpCO92_NC_003143_s12 G A A G A T T C A C A T C T G G G T G A T T CA GA A GA GT T GGCGGA A CGGA T GT T GA T GCCGGA A GA T A A GA T CCGT A A A GT G Ber10a_XIV.79.10s12l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber10a_XIV.79.10s12u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber13b_XVI.79.11s12l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber13b_XVI.79.11s12u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber36b_XVI.79.13s12l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber36b_XVI.79.13s12u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber37b_XXV.116.3s12u . . . . . K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber37b_XXV.116.3s12l . . . . . Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . Ber45a_XVI.79.14s12l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber45a_XVI.79.14s12u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Ber45b_XVIII.79.15s12l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber45b_XVIII.79.15s12u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber45a_XVI.81.2s12l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ber45a_XVI.81.2s12u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Her7a_XV.79.16s12l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . Her7a_XV.79.16s12u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . Her7a_XV.81.3s12l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . Her7a_XV.81.3s12u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . Her21a_XV.81.4s12l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . Her21a_XV.81.4s12u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . SLC1006b_XXIX.109.15s12l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . SLC1006b_XXIX.109.15s12u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . T G G T T . . . . C . . . . C . . . . C . . . . C . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . T T . C . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A A . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . G . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 C . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . T . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 G . . . . T . . . . C . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . M M . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . A . . . . G . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T C . . . . C . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . C . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T 410 C . . . . G . . . . T . . . . T . . . . A . . . . C . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 C A A A A C . . . . 870 G . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . 610 G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A A . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880 A . . . . . . . . . . 620 T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . T . . . . C . . . . T . . . . 430 A . . . . T . . . . A - C . . . . G . . . . 440 G . . . . C . . . . C . . . . D 410 G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E YpCO92_NC_003143_s13 Ber45b_XVIII.84.5s13U4 Ber10a_XIV.92.9s13L4 Ber10a_XIV.92.9s13U4 Her7a_XV.92.10s13L4 Her7a_XV.92.10s13U4 Her21a_XV.92.11s13L4 Her21a_XV.92.11s13U4 SLC1006b_XXIX.109.17s13L4 SLC1006b_XXIX.109.17s13U4 SLC1006b_XXIX.113.5s13U4 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 C . . . . 420 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 430 C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . 860 G . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . R M M . . . . R . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . Y C . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . K . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . G . . . R A . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . 600 T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G C C C C Y C C C C C Y C C C C C C Y C C C T . . . . . . . . . . . Y Y . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . Y . . T T . C . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . R . M R . . . R . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . R . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . R . . R . . . R . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . T T . T C C Y C C C C . C G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K 580 G . . . . . . . R A . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . M . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . K . . . . . . . C . . . . T . . . . A . . . . T . . . . A . . . . G C G G . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R R . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . 2110 T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850 A . . . . . . . . . . 590 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . A . . . C . . . . . C Y T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Text S1 13 Figure S6: Alignment of the sequences encompassing five SNPs defining branch 2. The relevant codons are marked with red rectangles. A-D: branch 2 specific SNPs s15 (CAT), s17 (ACT), s18 (AAA) and s19 (CTA). E: s20 (GGT) defining 2.MED. Text S1 14 Table S1. Results of the RDT analysis. Code numbers for the samples, the results of the RDT for plague and the AgF1 concentrations are indicated. For the samples from Parma, the corresponding code used for genetic analysis is reported in parentheses. Archaeological site Parma (Italy) Augsburg (Germany) Bergen op Zoom (The Netherlands) Hereford (England) Saint-Laurent-de-laCabrerisse (France) Negative controls Code number PR pit 1US 18 PR pit 1US 19 (PAR 119) PR pit 1US 20 (PAR 120) PR pit 2 US 202 ind. 01 PR pit 2 US 204 ind. 04 PR pit 3 US 5 ind. 15 (PAR 315) PR pit 3 US 19 ind.02 PR pit 3 US 20 ind. 11 (PAR 311) PR pit 3 US 32 ind.17 (PAR 317) PR pit 3 US 53 ind. 5 PR pit 3 US 55 ind. 9 PR pit 3 US 64 ind. 08 (PAR 308) PR pit 3 US 67 ind .06 PR pit 3 US 68 ind. 13 PR pit 3 US 69 ind. 07 PR pit 3 US 78 ind. 10 PR pit 3 US 93 ind. 03 (PAR 303) PR pit 3 US 97 ind. 16 (PAR 316) PR pit 3 US 99 ind. 14 Man 3 Man 37 Man 9 Man 38 Man 30 Man 2 Man 41 BER 1 BER 2 BER 3 BER 6 BER 8 Her 7a Her 23a Her 24a Her 27a Her 28a Her 29a Her 30a SLC 1006 SLC 1010 SLC 1013 SLC 1014 SLC 1080 SLC 1081 SLC 1082 SLC 1083 SLC 1084 Bös 844 Bös 842 SLC 128 SLC 136 SLC 156 SLC 370 SLC 144 SLC 367 BNK1 BNK2 BNK3 BNK4 RDT bone positive positive negative positive positive negative negative positive negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative positive negative positive positive positive positive negative negative negative positive negative positive negative positive negative positive negative negative positive positive positive positive positive positive positive positive negative negative positive positive negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative [AgF1] bone >1.25-0.625 ng/ml >1.25-0.625 ng/ml absent >0.625 ng/ml >0.625 ng/ml absent absent >0.625 ng/ml absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent >0.625 ng/ml absent >0.625 ng/ml >2.5-1.25 ng/ml >1.25-0.625 ng/ml >1.25-0.625 ng/ml absent absent absent >0.625 ng/ml absent >0.625 ng/ml absent >0.625 ng/ml absent >0.625 ng/ml absent absent >1.25 ng/ml >1.25-0.625 ng/ml >1.25 ng/ml >2.5-1.25 ng/ml >0.625 ng/ml >0.625 ng/ml >0.625 ng/ml >1.25-0.625 ng/ml absent absent >1.25-0.625 ng/ml >0.625 ng/ml absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent Text S1 BNK5 BNK6 BNK7 BNK8 BNK9 BNK10 BNK11 BNK12 BNK13 BNK14 BNK15 BNK16 BNK17 BNK18 BNK19 BNK20 negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative negative absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent 15 Text S1 16 Table S2. Primers used in this study. Sequences are given in 5’3’. PCR product length is given with and without primers (in parentheses). Note: primers for glpD by Drancourt et al. (2007; reference [14] in Text) are designed on Y. pestis Orientalis with the 93bp deletion, while primers gU3/gL2 and gU4/gL4 were designed on the glpD-gene of Y. pestis Medievalis lacking the deletion. *: 16S rDNA primers were used for amplification of the soil sample only. Locus or branch pla caf1 16S rDNA* rpoB glpD napA 1.ORI Primer pairs YP12D cagcaggatatcaggaaaca YP11R gcaagtccaatatatggcatag YP11D ctatgccatatattggacttgc YP10R gagccggatgtcttctcacg caf1 F1 aaccagcccgcatcactctta caf1 R1 atcacccgcggcatctgta U2 aaataaccaccaattcactacaaaag L2 tgagcgaacaaagaaatcctg 16S F3 acacggtccagactcctacg 16S R3 aaactcaaccccttcctcctc rpoB F1 ttgacagcgataagggtaaaac rpoB R1 caatgcacgcagaatgatg rpoB F2 cgtaacggtagaggcgaagtg rpoB R2 tgtggcatcagagtatcaaggtc glpD-F3 cgctgtttcgaacattcaga glpD-R3 ggccaaggcttcacttacca gU3 tgtttcgaacattcagaggaaggtaa gL2 tttggaactggcggaagacg gU4 ggaaggtaacatggaaaccaaagact gL4 cttccagcagcagtaccgacag aggcggcggctggtcatac U60 L60 s2 U2 gagccgatggggtgctacga s2 L2 ctgcgcctaccaagactcgtt s7 U4 aatctggagcgttggtttgagaag s7 L4 s11 U1 aggcatgtgggttggcaatg s11 L1 ccattaacaaactcaaccgtatctca s12 U1 agagtccagcggtagctccagagt s12 L1 ggaaaccccgattggtgatgac s13 U4 ctggcctgttgcgtcatcagta s13 L4 s14 U1 cgaaaatgggtgtaaaagcgaaat s14 L1 ccgtaatgttcccttcttggatag s15 U2 tgcacgagcatcactttgtaa s15 L2 s17 U1 acaggctaaagcagagcacc s17 U2 acaagccgcaatcaatgagtc s18 U4 aggtgtgggaatagctcaaaatgtt s18 L5 s19 L3 ttacggttaatgggattgctgtta s19 U3 ggatgtggatcgggactttc s20 L1 ggcgcgtcacattgaatggtatt s20 U1 s29U1 ccgggaactcagagcacaga ttcccttgatcaacggtcatacc s29L1 s31U1 ggtttatcgagtgggatcttcagttc Branch 1 Branch 2 2.MED 0.PE2.b 0.PE2 Sequence 5’ - 3’ ggatggcaccttggaacagat atccgttccgccaactcttc ggtgaggtagtcgtcgtttgtg aatacgcgcaaaattgttctga atcttgtggcagattggcatc gaagccgtacagatcgtgtttttc Annealing-temperature Product length Source 55°C 148bp (106bp) Raoult et al. 2000 (ref. [5] in Text) 56°C 161bp (121bp) this study 55°C 139bp (92bp) this study 58°C 138bp (97bp) this study 55-56°C 170bp (129bp) this study 55-57°C 164bp (120bp) this study 54, 56, 58°C 144 bp (104bp) on 1.ORI Drancourt et al. 2007 55°C 167bp (122bp) on 2.MED excluding deletion this study 59°C 110bp (62bp) on 2.MED excluding deletion this study 60-62°C 113bp (74bp) this study 55-62°C 92bp (50bp) this study 57°C 130bp (86bp) this study 56/62°C 85bp (39bp) this study 59-60°C 82bp (36bp) this study 59°C 104bp (58bp) this study 57°C 100bp (56bp) this study 53°C 130bp (89bp) this study 55°C 102bp (59bp) this study 57°C 103bp (54bp) this study 55°C 80bp (39bp) this study 60°C 92bp (49bp) this study 57-58°C 97bp (48bp) this study 58°C 118bp (70bp) this study Text S1 Branch 0 Branch 0 just before the split of branches 1 and 2 s31L1 tgaggggtttgagctaggtgatag s81U5 gatcgtggtcagatggtcgc cgttgagcggtgtacggatt aagtgaaggagcgcactctgg s81U7 s81L1 s82U1 acagcttggggatgcttatcttc s82L1 tgagtagcaggctttgcgagag s87U1 tatgggtaaataccgcctgaat s87L1 aagcgattgtatttgcctatcat U5/L1: 58°C U7/L1: 57-60°C U5/L1: 89bp (48bp) this study U7/L1: 117bp (75bp) 57°C 87bp (42bp) this study 52-54°C 93bp (48bp) this study 17 Text S1 18 Table S3. Amplified products obtained from the various samples analysed, using different sets of primers. Amplification success rate is given as relative frequency based on the number of attempts. Samples from the same locality are listed together. A Tooth XXIBB XII Ber1 B Tooth Ber2 B Tooth Ber3 Ber4 Ber5 B Tooth A Tooth Ber6 Ber7 B Tooth A Tooth XXBB 1/1 B Tooth A Tooth Ber9 B Tooth C Tooth 0/1 XII 0/2 XVI 0/1 XXIBB 0/1 0/3 XXIBB 0/1 XII 0/1 XIV 0/3 XXIBB 0/1 Ber10 Ber11 Ber12 Ber13 B Tooth C Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth s87 s82 s81 s31 s29 s20 s19 s18 s17 s15 s14 s13 s12 s11 s7 s2 glpD-F3/R3 glpD gU3/gL2 glpD gU4/gL4 napA 613 aspA 0/1 0/1 0/2 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/2 0/2 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/2 0/2 1/2 0/2 0/1 XIV 0/3 XXBB 0/1 XIII 0/1 XIV 0/3 XXBB 0/1 0/2 XIV 0/3 XXBB 1/1 XV 0/1 XII 0/2 XIV 0/3 XVI 0/1 XXBB 1/1 1/1 XVI XII 0/1 0/2 XIV XIV A Tooth 0/1 0/1 XV XII Ber8 rpoB2 0/2 0/3 XII B Tooth A Tooth rpoB1 0/3 XIV XII B Tooth A Tooth caf1 U2/L2 0/2 XIII A Tooth B Tooth C Tooth A Tooth caf1 F1/R1 0/1 XIV XII YP11D/YP10R YP12D/YP11R Sample Extraction (BK) indicates negative controls. 3/3 1/1 0/1 2/2 1/2 2/3 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 1/1 1/3 0/1 0/2 XIV 0/3 XVI 0/1 XVI 0/1 XXII 0/1 XVI 1/1 XXIII 1/1 XVI 1/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/2 1/2 0/1 0/1 1/1 0/2 1/2 1/2 0/1 1/1 1/2 1/2 0/1 2/2 1/1 Text S1 Ber14 Ber15 Ber16 Ber17 Ber18 Ber19 Ber20 Ber21 Ber22 Ber24 Ber25 Ber26 Ber27 Ber28 Ber29 Ber30 Ber31 Ber32 Ber33 Ber34 Ber35 Ber36 Ber37 Ber38 Ber39 Ber40 Ber41 Ber42 Ber43 Ber45 BNK1 (BK) BNK2 (BK) BNK3 (BK) BNK4 (BK) A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth B Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth XVI 0/1 XXIV 0/1 XVII 0/1 XXIII XVII 0/1 1/1 XXIV 0/1 0/1 XVIII 0/1 XVII 0/1 XVII 0/1 XXII 0/1 XVII 0/1 XVIII 0/1 XXIV 0/1 XVI 0/1 0/1 XXIV 0/1 XXIII 0/1 XVIII 0/1 XXIII 0/1 XXIV 0/1 0/1 XXIII 0/1 XVI 0/1 XXIII 0/1 0/1 XXIII 0/1 XVI 1/1 XXIV 1/1 XXV 1/1 XXII 0/1 XVIII 0/1 XVII 0/1 XVI 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/2 0/1 2/2 1/1 2/2 1/1 2/2 1/1 2/2 3/3 1/1 1/1 1/3 1/1 2/2 2/2 1/1 1/1 3/3 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1 XXV 0/1 XVI XVII 1/2 1/1 0/1 XVIII XVII 1/1 0/1 0/1 XXIV XVIII 0/1 0/1 XXIV XVII 0/1 0/1 XVII XVII 19 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 2/2 2/2 1/1 2/2 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/3 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 1/1 1/1 Text S1 BNK5 (BK) BNK6 (BK) BNK7 (BK) BNK8 (BK) BNK9 (BK) BNK10 (BK) BNK11 (BK) BNK12 (BK) BNK13 (BK) BNK14 (BK) BNK15 (BK) BNK16 (BK) BNK17 (BK) BNK18 (BK) BNK19 (BK) BNK20 (BK) Her2 Her5 Her7 Her8 Her17 Her18 Her21 A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth A Tooth A Tooth A Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth Her24 A Tooth A Tooth A Tooth Her25 A Tooth Her22 Her23 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/2 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/2 XLII 0/3 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLI 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/2 0/1 0/1 XLII 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 XVIIBB 0/1 0/1 0/1 XVIIBB 0/1 0/1 0/1 XVIIIBB 1/1 1/1 0/1 XV 1/1 XXI 1/2 2/3 XVIIIBB 0/1 0/1 0/1 XVIIBB 0/1 0/1 0/1 XVIIBB 0/1 0/1 0/1 XXIVBB 1/1 1/1 0/1 XV 1/1 1/1 1/3 XXI 0/1 0/4 0/2 XXIVBB 0/1 0/1 XXI 0/1 0/4 XXIVBB 0/1 0/1 0/1 XXIVBB 0/1 0/1 0/1 XXIVBB 0/1 0/1 0/1 XXI 0/1 0/4 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/2 4/4 0/3 1/1 1/2 1/1 0/3 0/2 0/3 20 2/2 1/1 2/2 1/1 1/2 0/1 0/1 0/1 2/2 1/2 1/1 1/1 0/3 1/1 0/1 2/2 1/1 1/2 1/1 2/2 0/1 0/2 1/1 2/2 2/2 1/1 1/1 0/3 1/1 1/1 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/1 1/1 0/3 0/1 Text S1 Her26 SLC 1006 SLC 1010 SLC 1013 SLC 1080 SLC 1081 SLC 1083 SLC 128 (BK) SLC 136 (BK) SLC 156 (BK) SCL 370 (BK) SLC 144 (BK) SLC 367 (BK) PAR 311 PAR 316 PAR 119 PAR 120 PAR 308 PAR 317 PAR 303 PAR 315 A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Tooth B Tooth A Bone A Bone A Bone A Bone A Bone A Bone A Bone A Bone A Tooth XXIVBB 0/1 0/1 XXI 0/1 0/4 XXVIII 0/1 XXIX 2/2 XXVIII 0/1 XXIX 0/1 XXVIII 0/1 XXIX 0/1 XXVIII 0/1 XXXI 0/1 XXIX 0/1 XXIX 0/1 XXXI 0/1 XXIX 0/1 XXVIII 0/1 XXIX 0/1 XXVIII 0/1 XXIX 0/1 XXVIII 0/1 XXIX 0/1 XXXI 0/1 XXIX 0/1 XXVIII 0/1 XXIX 0/1 VIII 1/1 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/4 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/4 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/4 0/1 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/4 0/1 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/4 VIII 0/1 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/4 VIII 0/1 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/4 VIII 0/1 0/1 VIII 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/4 VIII 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/2 0/2 0/4 0/3 0/3 VII 0/1 0/1 0/4 0/7 0/7 0/1 0/5 0/1 II 0/3 III Man3 A Bone VII 0/4 0/1 0/1 I 0/4 IV A Bone VI 0/1 Man30 A Bone VII 0/4 0/1 0/1 II III 0/5 0/3 0/7 0/6 III Man9 0/7 0/6 0/1 0/1 I A Bone 0/7 0/3 III Man37 1/4 VIII III Man38 2/2 0/1 II B Bone 0/4 VIII VIII 21 0/1 0/3 0/3 0/7 0/7 0/5 0/3 0/3 0/4 0/7 0/7 1/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/1 2/2 1/1 1/2 1/1 Text S1 VI 0/1 0/1 0/5 II 0/3 III Man2 A Bone VII 0/4 0/1 0/1 II A Bone VII 0/7 0/6 0/5 0/3 0/3 V Man41 22 0/3 0/4 0/1 0/1 I 0/8 0/7 0/1 0/1 0/3 II Bös 844 (BK) III BK1 Bone VII 0/4 0/1 0/1 I VII 0/3 0/4 IV BK2 Bone 0/7 0/3 0/3 III Bös 842 (BK) 0/7 0/1 0/1 0/7 0/6 0/3 0/3 Table S4: Summary of the results and test of the hypothesis of false negatives among the negative controls. The significant tests were calculated on contingency tables obtained from the number of individuals investigated for the pla-gene (see Table S3). Since bone samples did not appear to contain enough bacterial DNA, for the PCR analyses only results from tooth samples were considered. RDTanalysis PCRanalysis F1-positive F1-negative pla-positive pla-negative Cases Controls 24 23 10 51 0 28 0 26 Fisher’s exact test P 0.0001 P 0.0225