Vibrio Vulnificus

Guardian UK: Flesh-eating bacteria scare along Gulf Coast has locals on alert - Infections from Vibrio vulnificus are rare and there is no official tracking of cases – but some people have started to cobble together their own ideas

From Texas to Florida, the water-borne bug – a strain called a Vibrio vulnificus – has spooked locals and tourists in the way shark attacks do: infections are rare, but when they strike, the victim is likely to lose a limb or die.