The deadly chytrid fungus: A story of an emerging pathogen

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Rosenblum, Erica Bree ^a   Voyles, Jamie ^b   Poorten, Thomas J ^a   Stajich, Jason E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL DISEASE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FROG; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ANIMAL; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS;

FUNGI;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; FUNGI; MYCOSES;

EID: 77649210338     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000550     Document Type: Review

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