💡Until now, no one knew what caused the sea star wasting disease which wiped out populations along the West Coast. But an international research effort including UW scientists has finally revealed the cause: a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida.
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‘The discovery of the decade’: Researchers have found the culprit behind sea star wasting disease
An international research effort, including scientists from the University of Washington, has finally revealed the cause of sea star wasting disease: a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida.