White-Nose Syndrome Fungus (Geomyces destructans) in Bat, France

Abstract

White-nose syndrome is caused by the fungus Geomyces destructans and is responsible for the deaths of >1,000,000 bats since 2006. This disease and fungus had been restricted to the northeastern United States. We detected this fungus in a bat in France and assessed the implications of this finding.

Keywords

• Chiroptera
• Geomyces destructans
• Myotis myotis
• bats
• white-nose syndrome
• fungi