Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis gen. et sp. nov., a chytrid pathogenic to amphibians

Mycologia

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-227

  Longcore, Joyce E ^a   Pessier, Allan P ^b   Nichols, Donald K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chytridiales; Chytridiomycosis; Chytridiomycota; Frogs; Fungus; Ultrastructure; Zoo spore

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; FROG; KINETOSOME; MYCOSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMPHIBIAN; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA;

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; DENDROBATES;

EID: 0032949482     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761366     Document Type: Article

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