A Fungal Pathogen of Amphibians, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Attenuates in Pathogenicity with In Vitro Passages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Langhammer, Penny F ^a   Lips, Karen R ^b   Burrowes, Patricia A ^c   Tunstall, Tate ^b   Palmer, Crystal M ^a   Collins, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARTICLE; ATELOPUS ZETEKI; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOOSPORE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; PHENOTYPE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84885391735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077630     Document Type: Article

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