Population genetics of the frog-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 104; no. 34; pp. 13845 - 13850
• Main Authors: Morgan, Jess A.T, Vredenburg, Vance T, Rachowicz, Lara J, Knapp, Roland A, Stice, Mary J, Tunstall, Tate, Bingham, Rob E, Parker, John M, Longcore, Joyce E, Moritz, Craig, Briggs, Cheryl J, Taylor, John W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 21.08.2007; National Acad Sciences
• Series: From the Cover
• Subjects: Amphibians; Animals; Anura; Anura - microbiology; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Biological Sciences; California; Chytridiomycota - classification; Chytridiomycota - genetics; Chytridiomycota - isolation & purification; Comparative analysis; Female; Freshwater; Frogs; Fungi; Genetic loci; Genetics; Genetics, Population; Genotype; Genotype & phenotype; Genotypes; Geographic regions; Infectious diseases; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Mycoses - microbiology; Mycoses - veterinary; Pathogens; Population genetics; Population structure; California; USA, California, Sierra Nevada Mts

Global amphibian decline by chytridiomycosis is a major environmental disaster that has been attributed to either recent fungal spread or environmental change that promotes disease. Here, we present a population genetic comparison of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolates from an intensively studie...