The Temperature Relationship of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Introduction
By [Eva Brazer]
Amphibian species around the world are experiencing unprecedented population decline due to the emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis, which is caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd).[2] The chytrid pathogen is considered an emerging infectious disease because it was discovered and described only in the last twenty years, and has continued to spread globally causing devastating effects.[3] Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been documented in hundreds of amphibian species, and reports of infection in new species and geographic locations continue to accumulate rapidly.[4]
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| name = Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis | image = | regnum = Fungi | divisio = Chytridiomycota | classis = Chytridiomycetes | ordo = Rhizophydiales | genus = Batrachochytrium | species = B. dendrobatidis | binomial = Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis | binomial_authority = Longcore et al. 1999
Conclusion
References
- ↑ Berger et al. 2005. Life cycle stages of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Inter-Research. 68:52-63
- ↑ Weldon et al. 2004. Origin of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 10(12):2100-2105
- ↑ Piotrowski et al. 2004. Physiology of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a Chytrid Pathogen of Amphibians. Mycologia. 96:9-15
- ↑ Rosenblum et al. 2010. The Deadly Chytrid Fungus: A Story of an Emerging Pathogen. PLoS Pathogens. 6(1):e1000550
Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2018, Kenyon College.
