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Well that’s fun. The seastars are ravaged by Vibrio pectenicida in the same genus that includes human pathogens like the bacteria that causes cholera and variou
by throwup238 1y ago
Well that’s fun. The seastars are ravaged by Vibrio pectenicida in the same genus that includes human pathogens like the bacteria that causes cholera and various flesh eating bacteria that can infect through undercooked seafood. The latter have even begun to eat plastic and multiply in sargassum [1] so watch those cuts when swimming in Florida!
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36129757 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36129757
- PicassoCTs 1y agoFascinating! Wasn't this the diseases that ate part of Peter Watts? The marine biology coming for the marine biologist!
- throwup238 1y agoNo, I believe his necrotising fasciitis was caused by an infection from a skin biopsy so likely a different bacteria. (Flesh eating bacteria don’t literally eat the tissue, they release toxins that kill the tissue so there’s many different kinds that can cause necrotising fasciitis).
- PicassoCTs 1y agoThanks TIL