Meaning of chytridiomycosis | Babel Free

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An infectious disease of amphibians caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus) or (chiefly in salamanders and newts) by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.

uncountable, usually

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“In epidemic outbreaks and when it is present as an endemic, vulnerability to chytridiomycosis caused by B. dendrobatidis varies widely among species.”

“2013, Evan A. Eskew, Brian D. Todd, Parallels in Amphibian and Bat Declines from Pathogenic Fungi, D. Peter Drotman (editor-in-chief), Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 19, Issues 1-3, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, page 379, Pathogenic fungi have substantial effects on global diversity, and 2 emerging pathogenic species—the chytridiomycete Batrachochrytium dendrobatidis, which causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians, and the ascomycete Geomyces destructans, which causes white-nose syndrome in hibernating bats—are implicated in the widespread decline of their vertebrate hosts.”

“Chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease that was first discovered in Queensland, Australia in 1993, though it has probably been in Australia since the 1970s.”

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