title: Growth of the amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in response to chemical properties of the aquatic environment.
abstract: Water samples from two of 17 field sites in Arizona (USA) inhibited growth of the amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Chemical analyses of samples revealed statistically significant facilitating or inhibitory activity of certain elements. Although low levels of copper were found in environmental samples demonstrating facilitated growth, growth was inhibited at concentrations of copper sulfate (CuSO(4)) at or greater than 100 ppm.
authors: School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, College and University Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85287-4501, USA.
authors: Scott P
authors: SP
authors: Boisvert
authors: Elizabeth W
authors: EW
authors: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001001:Anura / Q000382:microbiology; D001130:Arizona; D008411:Chytridiomycota / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D014867:Water