Sentences with phrase «of amphibian chytridiomycosis»
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The most devastating of the known amphibian diseases is chytridiomycosis, which is caused by a deadly chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd).
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The Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) is the latest amphibian species to face extinction due to the global chytridiomycosis pandemic, according to an international study published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.
Bsal causes chytridiomycosis, a disease that eats away at the skin of amphibians.
The increasing emergence of deadly fungal pathogens — including white - nose syndrome in bats, chytridiomycosis (chytrid) in amphibians and SFD in snakes — is of grave concern to wildlife disease experts worldwide.
A decade after chytridiomycosis killed scores of amphibians in Panama, some species are recovering.
«This pathogen infects many different amphibian species — sometimes without causing disease — and can survive in the environment outside of its host, so it's not going away anytime soon,» said Allison Byrne, a doctoral student at the University of California — Berkeley who is studying chytridiomycosis.
Widespread Elevational Occurrence of Antifungal Bacteria in Andean Amphibians Decimated by Disease: A Complex Role for Skin Symbionts in Defense Against Chytridiomycosis — Alessandro Catenazzi — Frontiers in Microbiology
Host resistance to the chytrid fungus of amphibians Amphibians in Panama have experienced declines for over a decade due to the disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium... Aamphibians Amphibians in Panama have experienced declines for over a decade due to the disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium... AAmphibians in Panama have experienced declines for over a decade due to the disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium... AmphibiaWeb
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans and the risk of a second amphibian pandemic Chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease (EID) caused by two fungal pathogens, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis... AmphibiaWeb
His current research focuses on the impacts of emerging infectious diseases on amphibians (e.g. chytridiomycosis) and the role of the amphibian skin microbiome in health and disease.
Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America.
Berger, L., et al. (2004) Effect of season and temperature on mortality in amphibians due to chytridiomycosis.