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chytridiomycosis

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chytridiomycosis
a cause of mortalities and population decline in amphibians. Caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
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Like many amphibians worldwide, the species has been devastated in recent decades by the fungal skin disease chytridiomycosis.
Lazarus, the amphibian by Harder, B. / Science News
dendrobatidis has only recently and rapidly expanded its range into Europe (3), and the consequences are only now being detected in wild amphibian populations; because the expression of chytridiomycosis is environmentally limited (11); or because European amphibians exhibit highly variable levels of resistance to chytrid infection.
Chytrid fungus in Europe by Fisher, Matthew C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The culprit was identified as an undescribed variation of the amphibian chytrid fungi, or chytridiomycosis.
Connecting the dots: the emerging science of conservation medicine ... by Motavalli, Jim / E
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