Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

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title: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
text: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, also known as Bd or the amphibian chytrid fungus, is a fungus that causes the disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians. Since its discovery in 1998 by Lee Berger, the disease devastated amphibian populations around the world, in a global decline towards multiple extinctions, part of the Holocene extinction. A recently described second species, B. salamandrivorans, also causes chytridiomycosis and death in salamanders. The fungal pathogens that cause the disease chyt
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description: Species of fungus
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batrachochytrium_dendrobatidis
date created: 2006-05-22T10:01:53Z
date modified: 2024-09-13T23:46:18Z
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