
01/07/26
Headlines about the ‘flesh-eating’ bacterium (Vibrio vulnificus) are alarmist: the risk in the Mediterranean is minimal for healthy people.

Headlines about the ‘flesh-eating’ bacterium (Vibrio vulnificus) are alarmist: the risk in the Mediterranean is minimal for healthy people.

Last 4th of October, the release of eels in the river Turia, to Riba-roja, took place due to the IV Jornada "The eel in the sea, the elver in the Turia" held in the Castell de Riba-roja. And of course, our dear Carmen Amaro, PI of our group, participated, giving a talk about the biology of the eel...

In recent weeks there have been several news reports about a "meat-eating" bacterium that has caused the hospitalization of two young people for months. It is our bacterium under study: Vibrio vulnificus, which causes the disease called vibriosis.


