First evidence of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in China: Discovery of chytridiomycosis in introduced American bullfrogs and native amphibians in the Yunnan Province, China

EcoHealth

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-134

  Bai, Changming ^a,b   Garner, Trenton W J ^c   Li, Yiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; chytridiomycosis; conservation; infection; native amphibian species; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DNA SEQUENCE; FROG; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD ANIMAL;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHINA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANA CATESBEIANA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BOMBINA MAXIMA; FUNGI; ODORRANA; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CHAOCHIAOENSIS;

EID: 77955307449     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0307-0     Document Type: Article

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