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Salamander–Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Interactions Through Dual Transcriptomics

Ecology and Evolution
Changes in gene expression during host–pathogen interactions reveal species' functional responses and provide insight into the mechanisms by which pathogens impact biodiversity.
María Torres‐Sánchez
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Infectivity of amphibian chytrid fungi requires metalloprotease-driven spore development and germ tube formation [PDF]

BMC Microbiology
Background Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and B. salamandrivorans (Bsal), drives global amphibian declines.
Elin Verbrugghe, Frank Pasmans, An Martel   +2 more
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Ecological correlates of extinction risk and persistence of direct-developing stream-dwelling frogs in Mesoamerica

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Understanding the threats to wildlife across space and time is essential for developing effective conservation strategies. In Mesoamerica (i.e., the region that extends from Central Mexico to the most southern point in Panama) at least 40% of amphibian ...
Hector Zumbado-Ulate, Kelsey Neam, Adrián García-Rodríguez, Leticia Ochoa-Ochoa, Gerardo Chaves, Jonathan E. Kolby, Sofía Granados-Martínez, Andreas Hertz, Federico Bolaños, Daniel Ariano-Sánchez, Robert Puschendorf, Catherine L. Searle   +11 more
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Fungal infection, decline and persistence in the only obligate troglodytic Neotropical salamander [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is implicated in global mass die-offs and declines in amphibians. In Mesoamerica, the Bd epidemic wave hypothesis is supported by detection of Bd in historic museum specimens collected over the last
Mizraim Olivares-Miranda, Vance T. Vredenburg, Julio C. García-Sánchez, Allison Q. Byrne, Erica B. Rosenblum, Sean M. Rovito   +5 more
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Newly discovered population of Bumpy Glassfrog, Centrolene heloderma (Duellman, 1981), with discussion of threats to population persistence [PDF]

Check List, 2018
Since 2011, the Bumpy Glassfrog, Centrolene heloderma (Duellman, 1981) was known only from a single location in the Mindo region of Ecuador. We report a newly discovered population located in the area of La Sierra, along Río Alambi, a stream ...
Katherine L. Krynak, Dana G. Wessels, Segundo M. Imba, Jane A. Lyons, Juan M. Guayasamin   +4 more
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Predicting in vivo absorption of chloramphenicol in frogs using in vitro percutaneous absorption data

BMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background Infectious disease, particularly the fungal disease chytridiomycosis (caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), is a primary cause of amphibian declines and extinctions worldwide.
Victoria K. Llewelyn, Lee Berger, Beverley D. Glass   +2 more
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Successful Drug-Mediated Host Clearance of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
Skin fungi are among the most dangerous drivers of global amphibian declines, and few mitigation strategies are known. For Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Chytridiomycota), available treatments rely on temperature, partially combined with antifungal ...
Amadeus Plewnia, Stefan Lötters, Michael Veith, Martin Peters, Philipp Böning   +4 more
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Inhibition of Fungal Pathogens across Genotypes and Temperatures by Amphibian Skin Bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Symbiotic bacteria may dampen the impacts of infectious diseases on hosts by inhibiting pathogen growth. However, our understanding of the generality of pathogen inhibition by different bacterial taxa across pathogen genotypes and environmental ...
Carly R. Muletz-Wolz, Carly R. Muletz-Wolz, Jose G. Almario, Samuel E. Barnett, Samuel E. Barnett, Graziella V. DiRenzo, Graziella V. DiRenzo, An Martel, Frank Pasmans, Kelly R. Zamudio, Luís Felipe Toledo, Karen R. Lips   +11 more
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Differentiating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans in Amphibian Chytridiomycosis Using RNAScope®in situ Hybridization

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans are important amphibian pathogens responsible for morbidity and mortality in free-ranging and captive frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. While B.
Robert J. Ossiboff, Anastasia E. Towe, Melissa A. Brown, Ana V. Longo, Ana V. Longo, Karen R. Lips, Debra L. Miller, Debra L. Miller, E. Davis Carter, Matthew J. Gray, Salvatore Frasca   +10 more
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Invasive vegetation affects amphibian skin microbiota and body condition [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Invasive plants are major drivers of habitat modification and the scale of their impact is increasing globally as anthropogenic activities facilitate their spread. In California, an invasive plant genus of great concern is Eucalyptus.
Obed Hernández-Gómez, Allison Q. Byrne, Alex R. Gunderson, Thomas S. Jenkinson, Clay F. Noss, Andrew P. Rothstein, Molly C. Womack, Erica B. Rosenblum   +7 more
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