Temperature-Dependent Growth of Geomyces destructans, the Fungus That Causes Bat White-Nose Syndrome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Verant, Michelle L ^a   Boyles, Justin G ^b,f   Waldrep, William ^c   Wibbelt, Gudrun ^d   Blehert, David S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; BAT WHITE NOSE SYNDROME; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOMYCES DESTRUCTANS; GROWTH RATE; HIBERNATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WILD TYPE;

FUNGI; GEOMYCES;

EID: 84867019412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046280     Document Type: Article

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