Microbial Grazers May Aid in Controlling Infections Caused by the Aquatic Zoosporic Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Microbial Grazers May Aid in Controlling Infections Caused by the Aquatic Zoosporic Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Free-living eukaryotic microbes may reduce animal diseases. We evaluated the dynamics by which micrograzers (primarily protozoa) apply top-down control on the chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) a devastating, panzootic pathogen of amphibians. Although micrograzers consumed zoospores (∼3 μm)...

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Main Authors: Hazel N. Farthing, Jiamei Jiang, Alexandra J. Henwood, Andy Fenton, Trent W. J. Garner, David R. Daversa, Matthew C. Fisher, David J. S. Montagnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
ciliates
disease
fungi
microbial loop
protozoa
Tetrahymena
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.592286/full

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