Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 15325-15329

  Martel, An ^a   Spitzen Van Der Sluijs, Annemarieke ^b   Blooi, Mark ^a   Bert, Wim ^a   Ducatelle, Richard ^a   Fisher, Matthew C ^c   Woeltjes, Antonius ^b   Bosman, Wilbert ^b   Chiers, Koen ^a   Bossuyt, Franky ^d   Pasmans, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Reptile Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON)   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Ecosystem health; Emerging infectious disease

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM SALAMANDRIVORANS; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SKIN DEFECT; TAXON; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DERMATOMYCOSES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALAMANDRA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VETERINARY;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA PRIMERS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SALAMANDRA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884297267     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307356110     Document Type: Article

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