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>Several shipments of bananas from Costa Rica have been infected with
>necrotizing fasciitis, otherwise known as flesh eating bacteria. Recently
>this disease has decimated the monkey population in Costa Rica. We are now
>just learning that the disease has been able to graft itself to the skin of
>fruits in the region, most notably the Banana which is Costa Rica's largest
>export.
as a biologist - I would be asking how the bacterium actually eats and feeds
itself - as it appears to secrete proteolytic enzymes to dissolve its meat -
it cannot be having too much fun on a banana skin which is probably mostly
cellulose/plant material... it may, however form spores [hibernate]
in which case the bananas are not technically 'infected' ie. invaded
and that the bacterium has simply hitched a ride without doing the banana
any damage.
the idea of grafting itself onto the banana is 'interesting' - it implies a
biochemical compatibility with cellulose - which someone with basic
microbiological details on it could answer in two seconds.
I think that if it did like cellulose - it would be the most incredibly
virulent plagues that humanity has ever known instead of a rarity.
no book, newspaper, piece of wood, autumn leave, flower or grass would be safe
if its surviving as a fruit pathogen - then it must be oxidising the sugars,
however if it eats meat - is this not an anaerobic process ? ie. reduction,
to me - that seems a bit of a contradiction.
[but I don't have the accredited qualified opinion on that]
It may have been put onto bananas by an infected monkey - but would have to
compete for moisture and nutrition against faster growing and better
adapted bacteria and fungii - therefore don't fancy its chances much as it
would be so outnumbered.
do we know that it likes monkey flesh ?
I think that any environmental biologist worth their degree could confirm
or deny that this is an urban legend - I don't think that any academic
microbiologist would be confused as has been suggested - but we still need
to ask them.
It may also be that this stuff was put out by the European Trade Organisation
in an escalation of the banana war with the USA... perhaps a tavistock
experiment on the stock market - or an inspired scam - maybe there's a
couple of freighters full of african bananas sitting in florida or LA
somewhere ?? :)
Andrew
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