Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis - The Link Between Climate Change and Amphibians

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Introduction

Fig 1. Illustration shows a cross-sectional view of a Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis zoospore. The spore type responsible for the infectious disease called Chytridiomycosis. [1]

By Scott Upton


Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a pathogen primarily found in amphibians, and it’s presence can have devastating effects on amphibian populations. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is responsible for causing Chytridiomycosis, or chytrid, in amphibians all across the world in response to rising global temperatures. (Fig 1).Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Berger et al. 2005. Life cycle stages of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Inter-Research. 68:52-63
  2. ↑ Bartlett et al.: Oncolytic viruses as therapeutic cancer vaccines. Molecular Cancer 2013 12:103.
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Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2021, Kenyon College.

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