Virulence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytium dendrobatidis varies with the strain.
Although mortality in 3 groups of 15 green tree frogs Litoria caerulea exposed to 3 isolates of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was 100%, time to death varied with isolate, highlighting the importance of strain and/or passage history in pathogenicity studies and possibly in the epidemiology of chytridiomycosis. A standard naming scheme for isolates of B. dendrobatidis is proposed.
Berger
Lee
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Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia. lee.berger@jcu.edu.au
Marantelli
Gerry
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Skerratt
Lee F
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Speare
Rick
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D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000382:microbiology*; D008411:Chytridiomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014774:Virulence