The Ala Wai Canal is an artificial waterway in Honolulu, Hawaii which serves as the northern boundary of the tourist district of Waikiki. It was created in 1928 to drain the rice paddies and swamps wh
Vibrio vulnificus is a species of Gram-negative, motile, curved rod-shaped, pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio. Present in marine environments such as estuaries, brackish ponds, or coastal areas,
Ala Wai Canal
…bacteria in the canal. Additionally, with the current worldwide environmental changes, the scientists' work, "suggest a 2- to 3-fold increase in average V. vulnificus density in the Ala Wai Canal by 2100". The Hawaiʻi Exemplary State Foundation launched the Genki Ala Wai Project in 2019. It aims to make the infamous…
Colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a flagellated Vibrio vulnificus bacterium. The image shows the curved, rod-shaped morphology and polar flagella that aid in bacterial motility.