White-nose syndrome fungus (Geomyces destructans) in bat, France.
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.
Puechmaille
Sebastien J
SJ
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Verdeyroux
Pascal
P
Fuller
Hubert
H
Gouilh
Meriadeg Ar
MA
Bekaert
Michael
M
Teeling
Emma C
EC
D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002685:Chiroptera; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005602:France; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction