
Commercial crabbers handle crab pots made of wire mesh and often get cut or scratched, exposing them to Vibrio, a bacteria which thrives in warm, brackish waters where crabs live. Credit: "Crab pot" by Umnak is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Commercial crabbers handle crab pots made of wire mesh and often get cut or scratched, exposing them to Vibrio, a bacteria which thrives in warm, brackish waters where crabs live. Credit: "Crab pot" by Umnak is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.