Widespread Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Contemporary and Historical Samples of the Endangered Bombina pachypus along the Italian Peninsula

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Canestrelli, Daniele ^a   Zampiglia, Mauro ^a   Nascetti, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANURA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BOMBINA PACHYPUS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84877101645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063349     Document Type: Article

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