Correlates of virulence in a frog-killing fungal pathogen: Evidence from a California amphibian decline

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1570-1578

  Piovia Scott, Jonah ^a   Pope, Karen ^b   Joy Worth, S ^c   Rosenblum, Erica Bree ^d   Poorten, Thomas ^d   Refsnider, Jeanine ^d   Rollins Smith, Louise A ^e,f   Reinert, Laura K ^e   Wells, Heather L ^f   Rejmanek, Dan ^c   Lawler, Sharon ^c   Foley, Janet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CORRELATION; EXTINCTION; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DECLINE; TOXICITY; VIRULENCE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; RANA CASCADAE;

ANIMAL; CALIFORNIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSES; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MYCOSES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84932197839     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.241     Document Type: Article

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