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The Cholera Bacterium Is Naturally Associated With the Environment
The bacterium that causes cholera is naturally occurring in the environment. The bacteria play a role in carbon and nitrogen cycling, and have the capacity to break down the shell of crabs and shrimp lobsters. It's part of their natural bacterial flora. How do you link then the surface temperature of the sea, the greenness and so on, telling you that this bacterium will start causing problems in people? We were able to analyse the phenomenon that in Bangladesh, in the spring and fall, there are major outbreaks.