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Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

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Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
causes chytridiomycosis, a cutaneous disease in amphibians.


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One of the major reasons for these declines is chytridiomycosis, caused by the chytridiomycete fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (1,2).
Chytrid fungus in Europe by Fisher, Matthew C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Production of polyclonal antibodies to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and their use in an immunoperoxidase test for chytridiomycosis in amphibians.
Origin of the amphibian chytrid fungus by Speare, Rick / Emerging Infectious Diseases
An isolate cultured from captive dendrobatid frogs has recently been used to fulfil Koch's postulates as a fatal pathogen of frogs and has been described as a new genus and species, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (42).
Emerging infectious diseases and amphibian population declines by Speare, Rick / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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