Frogs vs fungus: the emergence of amphibian chytridiomycosis
By the late 1980s, widespread dramatic declines in amphibian populations were causing alarm. The culprit was identified as Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a chytrid fungus that infects the skin of various amphibian hosts, particularly anurans (frogs), and the first example of a chytridiomycete...
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| Language: | English |
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CSIRO Publishing
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Microbiology Australia |
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| Online Access: | https://www.publish.csiro.au/ma/pdf/MA22056 |