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Diversity, multifaceted evolution, and facultative saprotrophism in the European Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epidemic.
Nature communications - 18 Nov 2021
Kelly Moira, Pasmans Frank, Muñoz Jose F, Shea Terrance P, Carranza Salvador, Cuomo Christina A, Martel An
Abstract excerpt
While emerging fungi threaten global biodiversity, the paucity of fungal genome assemblies impedes thoroughly characterizing epidemics and developing effective mitigation strategies. Here, we generate de novo genomic assemblies for six outbreaks of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal). We reveal the European epidemic currently damaging amphibian populations to comprise multiple, highly...
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