Global and endemic Asian lineages of the emerging pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis widely infect amphibians in China

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-318

  Bai, Changming ^a,b   Liu, Xuan ^a   Fisher, Matthew C ^c   Garner, Trenton W J ^d   Li, Yiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian trade; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Invasive species; ITS; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOASSAY; BIOME; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SAMPLING; WILD POPULATION;

CHINA; JAPAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANDRIAS JAPONICUS; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LITHOBATES;

EID: 84856783844     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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