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Mega Seaweed Clump Invades Florida with Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Threat of Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Seaweed Onslaught Along Florida Beaches Alfred Hitchcock would be intrigued by the 5,000-mile-wide blob of seaweed looming across the Atlantic and washing up on Florida's beaches. But the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is harboring a real-life threat: Vibrio bacteria. Marine biologists from Florida Atlantic…