Vibrio

Health and Safety

Flesh-eating bacteria is a descriptive term for aggressive bacteria that rapidly destroy skin and soft tissue, medically called necrotizing infection. In the Chesapeake Bay, the...

marine-health

Flesh-eating bacteria is a term used to describe several kinds of bacteria that can cause serious skin and soft tissue infections. In the Long Island Sound, warm summer surface...

food-safety

In the United States, deaths from eating raw or undercooked oysters are uncommon but primarily linked to Vibrio vulnificus and other bacterial pathogens. On average, vibriosis c...

health-science

Flesh-eating bacteria, clinically known as necrotizing soft tissue infections, are often caused by Vibrio species and other aggressive bacteria whose apparent rise reflects bett...

health

Vibrio bacteria occur naturally in warm coastal waters and can colonize filter-feeding shellfish such as oysters. When people eat raw or undercooked oyster flesh, they can be ex...

food-safety

Consuming raw or undercooked oysters carries a risk of serious illness because filter feeding can concentrate bacteria and viruses from warm coastal waters. Common pathogens inc...