Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Polymorphic repetitive loci of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
... ABSTRACT: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), the cause of a fatal fungal skin disease of amphibians that has led to massive die-offs, global declines and extinctions, has spread interna- tionally as a ...
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Presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in threatened corroboree frog populations in the Australian Alps
... of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in corroboree frog populations prior to observed declines in these species, which began in the early 1980s (Osborne ...B. dendrobatidis in frog popula- tions prior ...
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Retreat sites of rain forest stream frogs are not a reservoir for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in northern Queensland, Australia
... chytrium dendrobatidis, and is implicated in declines and extinctions of amphibian populations and species around the ...B. dendrobatidis spreads by both frog-to-frog and environment-to-frog transmission, ...
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Survey for the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Hong Kong in native amphibians and in the international amphibian trade
... of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is controversial, with some groups proposing that ...B. dendrobatidis is a virulent pathogen spreading through amphibian populations ...B. dendrobatidis have ...
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First evidence of amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Hong Kong amphibian trade
... The high volume of global trade in potentially diseased amphibians has sparked a series of investigations into its role as a primary driver of the emergence and spread of amphibian chytrid fungus (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 ...B. dendrobatidis is ...
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Molecular Identification of a Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Its Impact on Urbanized New Jersey
... In urban landscape, amphibians face many challenges in order to sustain their populations, such as road mortality and infection of pathogenic Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Bd infection has been ...
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Environmental effects on a host-pathogen system: frogs and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wet and dry habitats
... B. dendrobatidis are well documented; in most cases these occur in environments that provide optimal or near-optimal conditions for pathogen ...B. dendrobatidis. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ...
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Environmental effects on a host-pathogen system: frogs and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wet and dry habitats
... fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is one of the clearest cases of this to ...date. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis colonises keratinised cells of the amphibian epidermis and causes the ...
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The role of cutaneous bacteria in resistance of Australian tropical rainforest frogs to the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
... xv circle and are cases with values between 1.5 and 3 box lengths from the upper or lower edge of the box, while extreme values are marked with a star and represent cases with values greater than 3 box lengths from the ...
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Screening bacterial metabolites for inhibitory effects against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using a spectrophotometric assay
... In our assay, isolates were grown and tested indi- vidually with the aim of detecting those that could exhibit strong inhibition against Bd. However, the interaction of 2 or more different bacteria, or the interaction of ...
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Rapid response to evaluate the presence of amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and ranavirus in wild amphibian populations in Madagascar
... We performed a rapid response investigation to evaluate the presence and distribution of amphibian pathogens in Madagascar following our identification of amphibian chytrid fun- gus (Batrachochytrium ...
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First detection of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in free-ranging populations of amphibians on mainland Asia: survey in South Korea
... fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which causes chytridiomycosis, is one of the most seri- ous amphibian pathogens that have caused amphibian declines and extinctions worldwide (Berger et ...
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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 ...
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Increased numbers of culturable inhibitory bacterial taxa may mitigate the effects of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Australian wet tropics frogs
... Symbiotic bacterial communities resident on amphibian skin can benefit their hosts. For example, antibiotic production by community members can control the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and ...
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Temperature alters reproductive life history patterns in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal pathogen associated with the global loss of amphibians
... understanding disease dynamics. This is particularly true in disease systems where environmental temperatures have strong effects on pathogen abundance, distribution, and life history patterns (Harvell et al. 2002; ...
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Experimental evolution alters the rate and temporal pattern of population growth in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal fungal pathogen of amphibians
... Differential growth and virulence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been reported in multiple studies, but it is unclear why this phenotypic variation exists (Berger et al. 2005; Retallick and Miera ...
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Survival of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on bare hands and gloves: hygiene implications for amphibian handling
... of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on differ- ent surfaces and, hence, the potential for transmission of ...B. dendrobatidis by these surfaces. Human skin can kill B. dendrobatidis after a ...
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A comparison of sensitivity between the real-time detection of a TaqMan® assay for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and conventional detection
... We therefore recommend the use of validated con- ventional PCR assays for studies where only prevalence data are required, funding for equipment is limited or the use of a real-time system is not cost effective. This ...
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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 ...
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