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Published online 18 June 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020617-2
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Sewage casts pox on reefs
Human gut bacterium kills Caribbean corals.
Human sewage is behind a devastating coral disease, say US researchers. The finding supports calls to tighten water-quality regulations in the Caribbean.
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