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Unlocking the story in the swab: A new genotyping assay for the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Nov 2017
Byrne Allison Q, Rothstein Andrew P, Poorten Thomas J, Erens Jesse, Settles Matthew L, Rosenblum Erica Bree
Abstract excerpt
One of the most devastating emerging pathogens of wildlife is the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which affects hundreds of amphibian species around the world. Genomic data from pure Bd cultures have advanced our understanding of Bd phylogenetics, genomic architecture and mechanisms of virulence. However, pure cultures are laborious to obtain and whole-genome sequencing is comparatively...
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