Title
Survey of Pathogenic Chytrid Fungi (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans) in Salamanders from Three Mountain Ranges in Europe and the Americas
Date Issued
01 June 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Parrott J.C.
Shepack A.
Burkart D.
LaBumbard B.
Scimè P.
Baruch E.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Publisher(s)
Springer New York LLC
Abstract
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) is a virulent fungal pathogen that infects salamanders. It is implicated in the recent collapse of several populations of fire salamanders in Europe. This pathogen seems much like that of its sister species, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), the agent responsible for anuran extinctions and extirpations worldwide, and is considered to be an emerging global threat to salamander communities. Bsal thrives at temperatures found in many mountainous regions rich in salamander species; because of this, we have screened specimens of salamanders representing 17 species inhabiting mountain ranges in three continents: The Smoky Mountains, the Swiss Alps, and the Peruvian Andes. We screened 509 salamanders, with 192 representing New World salamanders that were never tested for Bsal previously. Bsal was not detected, and Bd was mostly present at low prevalence except for one site in the Andes.
Start page
296
End page
302
Volume
14
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84990838597
PubMed ID
Source
EcoHealth
ISSN of the container
16129202
Sponsor(s)
Funding was provided by the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, IDNR/US Fish and Wildlife Service, Rufford Small Grants Foundation, Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, Amazon Conservation Association, and SIU start-up funds to AC.
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