First detection of the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Germany

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 411-416

  Sabino Pinto, Joana ^a   Bletz, Molly ^a   Hendrix, Ralf ^a   Perl, R G Bina ^a   Martel, An ^b   Pasmans, Frank ^b   Lötters, Stefan ^c   Mutschmann, Frank ^d   Schmeller, Dirk S ^e   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^f,g   Veith, Michael ^c   Wagner, Norman ^c   Vences, Miguel ^a   Steinfartz, Sebastian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d Exomed Institut Für Veterinärmedizinische Betreuung Niederer Wirbeltiere und Exoten   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; biosafety rules; captive collection; Chlamydiaceae; qPCR; Ranavirus; Salamandra salamandra

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; FUNGI; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84947050542     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003008     Document Type: Article

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