
The bacterium responsible for the death of billions of starfish discovered: the new study
Exemplary of Stella Marina Girasole (Pycnopody Helianthoides). Credit: Broken Inglory, CC By –a 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons It is a strain of the bacterium Pectenicide vibrio the culprit of the epidemic that led to the death of different species of starfish from 2013 to today because of the Starfish deterioration syndrome (Sea Star Wasting Syndrome – SSWS). This is what ...








