This is a lovely picture of Vibrio cholera. A very fatal pathogen you may have heard about; Vibrio cholera can be caught through contaminated water. Contaminated with what? The water is contaminated with animal or human feces. It can be caught through drinking contaminated water or eating food that has been washed in contaminated water. 60% of people with this disease die from dehydration. Thankfully the last epidemic was in 1911 in the U.S.
http://jhyoung.myweb.uga.edu/vibrio_cholera_em.gif
http://jhyoung.myweb.uga.edu/Waterborne.html
As I read your caption got more and more grossed out. I think that is one of the nastiest things ever. I really appreciate you for researching this topic because it really does make me think about the water I drink, even though I never really drink water. And to think I was my face in that stuff!
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