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We performed microscopic and biochemical examinations of the isolates, and compared their whole-genome sequences and transcriptome with those of 10 high virulence <jats:italic>Y. pestis<\/jats:italic> strains that were isolated from nine rodents and one parasitic flea in adjacent city (Lijiang). We analyzed the phenotypic, genomic, and transcriptomic characteristics of live rodent isolates. The isolates formed a previously undefined monophyletic branch of <jats:italic>Y. pestis<\/jats:italic> that was named 1.IN5. Six SNPs, two indels, and one copy number variation were detected between live rodent isolates and the high virulence neighbors. No obvious functional consequence of these variations was found according to the known annotation information. Among genes which expression differential in the live rodent isolates compared to their high virulent neighbors, we found five iron transfer related ones that were significant up-regulated (| log<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> (FC) | &amp;gt; 1, p.adjust &amp;lt; 0.05), indicating these genes may be related to the low-virulence phenotype. 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