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Seasonal Pattern of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection and Mortality in Lithobates areolatus: Affirmation of Vredenburg's “10,000 Zoospore Rule”

To fully comprehend chytridiomycosis, the amphibian disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), it is essential to understand how Bd affects amphibians throughout their remarkable range of life histories. Crawfish Frogs (Lithobates areolatus) are a typical North America...

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Autores principales: Kinney, Vanessa C., Heemeyer, Jennifer L., Pessier, Allan P., Lannoo, Michael J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3053364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21423745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016708