New records of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Chilean frogs

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-261

  Bourke, J ^a   Ohst, T ^b   Graser Y ^b   Bohme W ^a   Plotner J ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chile; Chytridiomycosis

Indexed keywords

FROG; FUNGUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FROGS AND TOADS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHILE; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MYCOSES;

CHILE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BATRACHYLA LEPTOPUS; FUNGI; PLEURODEMA THAUL; RHINODERMA DARWINII;

EID: 79960276569     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02369     Document Type: Article

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