Epidemiological tracing of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans identifies widespread infection and associated mortalities in private amphibian collections [PDF]
, 2018 The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) infects newts and salamanders (urodele amphibians), in which it can cause fatal disease.
Cunningham, Andrew A +3 more
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Epidermal cell death in frogs with chytridiomycosis
PeerJ, 2017 Background Amphibians are declining at an alarming rate, and one of the major causes of decline is the infectious disease chytridiomycosis. Parasitic fungal sporangia occur within epidermal cells causing epidermal disruption, but these changes have not been well characterised.
Brannelly, Laura A. +3 more
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Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) within the Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) Population in Lynchburg, Virginia [PDF]
, 2019 Undergraduate ...
Dodd, Krista, Duggins, Megan
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Diversity and Distributions, Volume 32, Issue 4, April 2026.ABSTRACT Aim The emergence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in South America has been attributed to multiple introductions and subsequent spread in a bidirectional latitudinal wave along the primary Andean cordilleras. This is supported for Ecuador by anecdotal evidence of declines in Bd‐susceptible genera such as Telmatobius ...
Phillip A. Jervis +8 more
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Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile ScienceA diverse metabolome exists on amphibian skin that mediates interactions between hosts and skin microbiomes. Tetrodotoxin is one such metabolite that occurs across a variety of taxa, and is particularly well studied in newts of the genus Taricha that are
Talon Jost +15 more
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Growth regulation in amphibian pathogenic chytrid fungi by the quorum sensing metabolite tryptophol [PDF]
, 2019 Amphibians face many threats leading to declines and extinctions, but the chytrid fungal skin pathogens Batrachochytriurn dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) have been identified as the causative factors leading to one of the ...
Adriaensen, Connie +4 more
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Amphibian disease and declines: Chytridiomycosis [PDF]
Microbiology Australia, 2005 Chytridiomycosis is caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a unique fungal organism of the phylum Chytridiomycota, a large group of ubiquitous fungi better known as silent digesters of organic waste or as parasites of nematodes and unicellular organisms such as pollen or algae. Chytr is the Greek root for earthen pot, Batracho ? frog and dendrobates
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Characterization of the interactions between the resident microbial flora and chytridimycoses in Desmognathus fuscus communities of Central Virginia [PDF]
, 2018 Undergraduate ...
Burnham, Micah +2 more
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Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen [PDF]
, 2019 Host-associated microbes form an important component of immunity that protect against infection by pathogens. Treating wild individuals with these protective microbes, known as probiotics, can reduce rates of infection and disease in both wild and ...
Antwis, RE +3 more
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Is Chytridiomycosis Driving Darwin’s Frogs to Extinction?
PLoS ONE, 2013 Darwin's frogs (Rhinoderma darwinii and R. rufum) are two species of mouth brooding frogs from Chile and Argentina that have experienced marked population declines. Rhinoderma rufum has not been found in the wild since 1980. We investigated historical and current evidence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection in Rhinoderma spp.
Claudio Soto-Azat +6 more
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