flesh-eating
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Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people.
From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2023
Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it's a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people.
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2023
Flesh-eating disease, or necrotizing fasciitis, is commonly caused by the streptococcus bacteria.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
Flesh-eating bacteria has been a growing problem, especially in the unusually warm Gulf of Mexico.
From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2019
Flesh-eating insects are fairly common on land; wasps will actually raid a butcher's shop, and carry off little red bits of meat, besides killing and eating flies, spiders, and larvae.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)
