The Temperature Relationship of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

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Introduction

Composite line drawing of a longitudinal section of a Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis zoospore.[1]


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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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes
Order: Rhizophydiales
Genus: Batrachochytrium
Species: B. dendrobatidis

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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes
Order: Rhizophydiales
Genus: Batrachochytrium
Species: B. dendrobatidis ]]

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Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2018, Kenyon College.