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Some context: Vibrio and pseudomonas have long been known to be able to consume hydrocarbons and derivates. Not all vibrio or pseudomonads are pathogenic, much
by throwawaymaths 3y ago
Some context: Vibrio and pseudomonas have long been known to be able to consume hydrocarbons and derivates. Not all vibrio or pseudomonads are pathogenic, much less flesh eating, only some of them.
- masklinn 3y agoYep, and given plastic is useful but pretty stable you’d expect adaptation to plastic would lead to discarding other niches. Like flesh-eating.
- throwawaymaths 3y agoYou'd think but biology often comes up with stochastic surprises.
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- XorNot 3y ago"flesh eating" is also pretty relative with bacteria. What's talked about as "flesh eating" is common bacteria that have infected an uncommon part of the body - namely when the infection gets into intercellular tissue space.