Batrachochytrium dendrobatidi
Controlling wildlife fungal disease spread: in vitro efficacy of disinfectants against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Mucor amphibiorum
... Chytridiomycosis, caused by the chytridiomycete Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is an invasive disease that has caused amphibian declines world- wide (Skerratt et al. 2007). There are 2 main stages in the ...
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The role of cutaneous bacteria in resistance of Australian tropical rainforest frogs to the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
... The number of recorded emerging infectious disease events has been steadily increasing (Jones et al. 2008), with fungal diseases posing a serious threat to animal and plant health (Fisher et al. 2012). The emergence of ...
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Presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in threatened corroboree frog populations in the Australian Alps
... There remains some conjecture over the origins of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and its role in the decline of frog species along the eastern ranges of Aus- tralia (McCallum 2005, Rachowicz et al. 2005). It may ...
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Sodium hypochlorite denatures the DNA of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
... The present study found that 12% NaOCl can be effectively used to denature 100% of even very high densities of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis within 1 h. Similarly, 6% NaOCl was extremely effective, with a mean of ...
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Dynamics of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in isolated patches of lowland rainforest
... fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has been implicated as one of the most severe and devastating diseases to affect a class of organisms in recorded history (Stuart et ...2004). Batrachochytrium ...
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Species Specific Chitin Binding Module 18 Expansion in the Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
... ABSTRACT Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is the causative agent of chytridiomycosis, which is considered one of the driving forces behind the worldwide decline in populations of ...
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Amphibian skin defences show variation in ability to inhibit growth of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolates from the Global Panzootic Lineage
... Abstract: The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has caused declines and extinctions in hundreds of amphibian species across the world. Virulence varies among and within lineages; the Global Panzootic ...
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Presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in native amphibians exported from Madagascar
... The emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis is driven by the spread of amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Bd), a highly virulent pathogen threatening global amphibian biodiversity. ...
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Survey for the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Hong Kong in native amphibians and in the international amphibian trade
... Hong Kong is one of the major world centres for the global amphibian trade, largely due to its strong trans- port and economic links with mainland China and many other countries, its open trading policy, economic success ...
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Microhabitat temperatures and prevalence of the pathogenic fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in lowland amazonian frogs
... fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) was not widely distributed in warm ecosystems such as lowland tropical rainforests because high environmental temperatures limit its ...
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Variation in thermal performance of a widespread pathogen, the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
... Rates of growth and reproduction of the pathogens that cause emerging infectious diseases can be affected by local environmental conditions; these conditions can thus influence the strength and nature of disease ...
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Experimental infection of self-cured Leiopelma archeyi with the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
... to Batrachochytrium dendroba- tidis (Bd) is unknown, although one large population is thought to have declined sharply due to ...· Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis · Chytridio- ...
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Elimination of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis by Archey's frog Leiopelma archeyi
... ABSTRACT: Archey’s frog Leiopelma archeyi is a critically endangered New Zealand endemic spe- cies. The discovery of the emerging infectious disease, chytridiomycosis, in wild populations of this frog raised concern that ...
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Diagnostic assays and sampling protocols for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
... ABSTRACT: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a fun- gus belonging to the Phylum Chytridiomycota, Class Chytridiomycetes, Order Chytridiales, and is the highly infectious aetiological agent responsible for a poten- ...
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Retreat sites of rain forest stream frogs are not a reservoir for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in northern Queensland, Australia
... ABSTRACT: Chytridiomycosis is a potentially fatal disease of amphibians caused by Batracho- chytrium dendrobatidis, and is implicated in declines and extinctions of amphibian populations and species around the world. To ...
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A survey for the presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in Tasmania
... ISSN 0080-4703. 7 Bonnington Road, West Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia (DLO*, AD). *Author for correspondence. A survey confirmed the presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a ...
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Terrestrial dispersal and potential environmental transmission of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)
... Dispersal and exposure to amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Bd) is not confined to the aquatic habitat, but little is known about pathways that facilitate expo- sure to wild terrestrial ...
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Polymorphic repetitive loci of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
... The fragments amplified by MS3 and MS5 are potentially orthologs of the Crinkler (CRN) gene family (MS3-EEY55054.1, 41% identity, 28/68 ami - no acids, E value 0.002; MS5-XP002896589.1, 31% Fig. 5. Electropherograms ...
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Duplex Real Time PCR for Rapid Simultaneous Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Amphibian Samples
... Chytridiomycosis is a lethal fungal disease contributing to declines and extinctions of amphibian species worldwide. The cur- rently used molecular screening tests for chytridiomycosis fail to detect the recently ...
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In vitro sensitivity of the amphibian pathogen batrachochytrium dendrobatidis to antifungal therapeutics
... 8 Previous in vitro studies showed growth inhibition of Bd by itraconazole and 9 fluconazole Berger et al., 2009, but the minimum inhibitory concentrations MIC are 10 unknown.. Voriconaz[r] ...
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