Diversity, multifaceted evolution, and facultative saprotrophism in the European Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epidemic

Moira Kelly; Frank Pasmans; Jose F. Muñoz; Terrance P. Shea; Salvador Carranza; Christina A. Cuomo; An Martel

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27005-0

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Diversity, multifaceted evolution, and facultative saprotrophism in the European Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epidemic

Moira Kelly,
Frank Pasmans,
Jose F. Muñoz,
Terrance P. Shea,
Salvador Carranza,
Christina A. Cuomo,
An Martel

Affiliations

Moira Kelly: Wildlife Health Ghent, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University
Frank Pasmans: Wildlife Health Ghent, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University
Jose F. Muñoz: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Terrance P. Shea: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Salvador Carranza: Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF)
Christina A. Cuomo: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
An Martel: Wildlife Health Ghent, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27005-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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B. salamandrivorans (Bsal) is a fungus of amphibians that has been implicated in the collapse of salamander populations. Here, the authors sequence nine Bsal isolates from six epidemic sites and describe variation in genome size and composition.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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