Cryo-archiving of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and other chytridiomycetes

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-64

  Boyle, D G ^a   Hyatt, A D ^a   Daszak, P ^b   Berger, L ^a   Longcore, J E ^c   Porter, David ^c   Hengstberger, S G ^a   Olsen, V ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Consortium for Conservation Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytrids; Cryopreservation; Storage

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOGEN;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0012344784     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao056059     Document Type: Article

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