Seaweed piles in Florida may contain flesh-eating bacteria
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Scientists have discovered a dangerous bacterium living in seaweed on Florida's coasts.
The seaweed, known as Sargassum, commonly manifests as thick, tangled globs of algae.
Hotels, resorts and public areas are frequently burdened with extensive clean-up duties as truckloads worth of the unpleasant plant wash ashore.
Once it is washed onto land, the sargassum usually begins to rot and decay, producing a noxious odor.
Scientists have warned that sargassum has the potential to intermix with plastic litter contaminated with Vibrio bacteria.
A study published in Scientific Reports on March 23 found that Vibrio vulnificus infections in the eastern U. S. between 1988 and 2018 increased from 10 to 80 per year and may increase further to 200 per year by 2100.... (Read more)
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