Metabolites of Xenorhabdus bacteria are potent candidates for mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis
Abstract Chytridiomycosis, caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has caused extreme losses in amphibian biodiversity. Finding bacteria that produce metabolites with antifungal properties may turn out to be invaluable in the fight against this devastating disease. The ento...
Main Authors: | János Ujszegi, Zsófia Boros, András Fodor, Balázs Vajna, Attila Hettyey |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2023-08-01
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Series: | AMB Express |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-023-01585-0 |
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