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killer.
<br />After 20 years of testing determined that
<br />the bacterium had never before been record-
<br />ed, and the brain lesions it
<br />causes had never before been
<br />found before that night in
<br />a' 1994, Wilde recently gave her
<br />discovery a name: Aetoktho-
<br />nos hydrillicola: The Greek
<br />i�tts'. 4
<br />word "aetokthonos 99 means
<br />Wilde "eagle killer," and it is named
<br />for its ability to quickly kill
<br />the birds of prey. It's the latest threat to a
<br />raptor that is starting to flourish after being
<br />removed from the endangered species list.
<br />Across the South, near reservoirs full of
<br />invasive plants from Asia called hydrilla,
<br />eagles have been stricken by the bacteria,
<br />This sick coot floats in hydrilla at J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir, an Army Corps of
<br />Engineers impoundment on the Savannah River on the South Carolina- Georgia line.
<br />Possible i ?
<br />Stopping the spread of Aetokthonos hydrillicola might not be easy, but one idea involves releasing
<br />grass- eating carp into affected lakes, a tactic that was successful in'Lake Murray in South Carolina,
<br />where 64,000 carp ate 3,880 acres of the invasive plant over two years. Unfortunately, this non-
<br />native, sterile carp consumes other desirable water plants important for fish and wildlife habitat.
<br />PHYS.ORG /NEWS
<br />which go straight to their brains. Eagles Georgia whose study of the topic was
<br />prey on American coots, which dine almost recently published in the journal Phytotaxa.
<br />exclusively on hydrilla. In Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, South Caroli-
<br />Before now, reservoirs that serve up a na'and North Carolina, coots, shorebirds,
<br />buffet of this plant were considered benefi- `ducks and eagles are dying by the dozens
<br />cial because they helped fuel the annual mi- from the incurable lesions.
<br />gration of coots from Canada to Florida and "We're attracting them to places where
<br />beyond, while also feeding eagles. But now they're going to die, and that's not a good
<br />the reservoirs are "death traps," said Wilde, thing," Wilde said.
<br />an assistant professor at the University of SEE EAGLES, PAGE 3C
<br />eagle A bald in Georgia:
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<br />This sick coot floats in hydrilla at J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir, an Army Corps of
<br />Engineers impoundment on the Savannah River on the South Carolina- Georgia line.
<br />Possible i ?
<br />Stopping the spread of Aetokthonos hydrillicola might not be easy, but one idea involves releasing
<br />grass- eating carp into affected lakes, a tactic that was successful in'Lake Murray in South Carolina,
<br />where 64,000 carp ate 3,880 acres of the invasive plant over two years. Unfortunately, this non-
<br />native, sterile carp consumes other desirable water plants important for fish and wildlife habitat.
<br />PHYS.ORG /NEWS
<br />which go straight to their brains. Eagles Georgia whose study of the topic was
<br />prey on American coots, which dine almost recently published in the journal Phytotaxa.
<br />exclusively on hydrilla. In Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, South Caroli-
<br />Before now, reservoirs that serve up a na'and North Carolina, coots, shorebirds,
<br />buffet of this plant were considered benefi- `ducks and eagles are dying by the dozens
<br />cial because they helped fuel the annual mi- from the incurable lesions.
<br />gration of coots from Canada to Florida and "We're attracting them to places where
<br />beyond, while also feeding eagles. But now they're going to die, and that's not a good
<br />the reservoirs are "death traps," said Wilde, thing," Wilde said.
<br />an assistant professor at the University of SEE EAGLES, PAGE 3C
<br />eagle A bald in Georgia:
<br />Bacteria r �• 4 �' y�, �, ��: r •
<br />�
<br />Y
<br />This sick coot floats in hydrilla at J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir, an Army Corps of
<br />Engineers impoundment on the Savannah River on the South Carolina- Georgia line.
<br />Possible i ?
<br />Stopping the spread of Aetokthonos hydrillicola might not be easy, but one idea involves releasing
<br />grass- eating carp into affected lakes, a tactic that was successful in'Lake Murray in South Carolina,
<br />where 64,000 carp ate 3,880 acres of the invasive plant over two years. Unfortunately, this non-
<br />native, sterile carp consumes other desirable water plants important for fish and wildlife habitat.
<br />PHYS.ORG /NEWS
<br />which go straight to their brains. Eagles Georgia whose study of the topic was
<br />prey on American coots, which dine almost recently published in the journal Phytotaxa.
<br />exclusively on hydrilla. In Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, South Caroli-
<br />Before now, reservoirs that serve up a na'and North Carolina, coots, shorebirds,
<br />buffet of this plant were considered benefi- `ducks and eagles are dying by the dozens
<br />cial because they helped fuel the annual mi- from the incurable lesions.
<br />gration of coots from Canada to Florida and "We're attracting them to places where
<br />beyond, while also feeding eagles. But now they're going to die, and that's not a good
<br />the reservoirs are "death traps," said Wilde, thing," Wilde said.
<br />an assistant professor at the University of SEE EAGLES, PAGE 3C
<br />eagle A bald in Georgia:
<br />Bacteria r �• 4 �' y�, �, ��: r •
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