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Replace, reduce, refine: A review of animal use in Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans research

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract Animal experimentation is common in wildlife disease research. Understanding the impact of this often‐lethal approach is therefore a critical line of inquiry at the intersection of animal welfare and conservation biology. The discovery of the pathogenic salamander chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) in 2013 ignited a large ...
Alexandra Boren, David Lesbarrères, Allison Q. Byrne   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indirect terrestrial transmission of amphibian chytrid fungus from reservoir to susceptible host species leads to fatal chytridiomycosis

Animal Conservation, 2020
The amphibian chytrid fungal pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, henceforth Bd) has had a devastating impact on biodiversity, causing the decline or extinction of over 500 amphibian species.
Thomas J. Burns, B. Scheele, L. Brannelly, N. Clemann, Deon J. Gilbert, D. Driscoll   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dear Influencers: Don't Disturb Amphibians and Reptiles for More Followers

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
José Guerrero‐Casado, Ricardo Reques
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Immune Responses Correlate With Chytridiomycosis Severity in Italian Crested Newts

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 13, July 2026.
ABSTRACT In the midst of the current biodiversity crisis, amphibians are severely threatened by emerging diseases such as chytridiomycosis. Characterizing the mechanisms that underlie susceptibility to this disease is fundamental to improve amphibian conservation.
Léa Fieschi‐Méric, Kevin P. Mulder, Eduardo Fernández Meléndez, Sarah Van Praet, Sofie De Bruyckere, Michael Fahrbach, Frank Pasmans, An Martel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A heliozoan devouring motile chytrid zoospores

Acta Mycologica, 2014
The case of mass consumption of chytrid zoospores by Actinosphaerium eichhorni is described.
A. Batko, S. K. Hassan
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Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology: research gaps and needs

Environmental Microbiology, 2017
Chytridiomycota, often referred to as chytrids, can be virulent parasites with the potential to inflict mass mortalities on hosts, causing e.g. changes in phytoplankton size distributions and succession, and the delay or suppression of bloom events ...
Thijs Frenken, E. Alacid, S. Berger, Elizabeth C. Bourne, M. Gerphagnon, H. Grossart, A. Gsell, B. Ibelings, M. Kagami, F. Küpper, Peter M. Letcher, A. Loyau, T. Miki, J. Nejstgaard, S. Rasconi, Albert Reñé, T. Rohrlack, K. Rojas‐Jimenez, D. Schmeller, B. Scholz, K. Seto, T. Sime-Ngando, A. Sukenik, Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Silke Van den Wyngaert, E. van Donk, J. Wolinska, C. Wurzbacher, R. Agha   +28 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cilium axoneme internalization and degradation in chytrid fungi

Cytoskeleton, 2020
Loss of the cilium is important for cell cycle progression and certain developmental transitions. Chytrid fungi are a group of basal fungi that have retained centrioles and cilia, and they can disassemble their cilia via axoneme internalization as part ...
C. Venard, Krishna Kumar Vasudevan, T. Stearns   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

High‐Throughput Sequencing Analysis Reveals a Novel Varicosavirus Associated With Vein Yellowing Disease in Cucurbita pepo

Plant Pathology, Volume 75, Issue 4, July‐August 2026.
In 2022, vein yellowing symptoms appeared in a zucchini crop in Greece. High‐throughput sequencing revealed the presence of a novel varicosavirus. There is a strong association of the novel virus, putatively named as cucurbit vein yellowing‐associated varicosavirus (CVYaV), with the symptoms observed on zucchini plants in the field.
Chrysoula G. Orfanidou, Eleftheria Palla, Marina Georgousi, Eirini Aristeidou, George T. Tziros, Theodoros Vaggopoulos, George S. Karaoglanidis, Nikolaos I. Katis, Varvara I. Maliogka   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1120-1142, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Parasites exist in every ecosystem, affecting nearly all organisms and playing a complex role in human societies. On the one hand, they contribute substantially to biodiversity and support ecosystem stability by performing essential ecological functions.
Cyril Hammoud, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Isabel Blasco‐Costa, Katie O'Dwyer, Rachel A. Paterson, Tomáš Scholz, Christian Selbach, Bernd Sures, David W. Thieltges   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Evidence of Rapidly Decaying Environmental DNA Highlights Infection Risk from Two Major Amphibian Pathogens

Environmental DNA
Infectious diseases spread through international wildlife trade networks, presenting major conservation and welfare challenges. The diseases amphibian chytridiomycosis (caused predominantly by chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Bd) and ...
Joseph D. Trafford, Trenton W. J. Garner, David J. Murrell, Julia J. Day   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source