Advances in Managing Chytridiomycosis for Australian Frogs: Gradarius Firmus Victoria

L Berger, LF Skerratt, TA Kosch… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Extensive knowledge gains from research worldwide over the 25 years since the discovery
of chytridiomycosis can be used for improved management. Strategies that have saved …

Coevolution of a generalist pathogen with many hosts: the case of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

T Carvalho, AM Belasen, LF Toledo… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Generalist pathogens maintain infectivity in numerous hosts; how this broad ecological
niche impacts host–pathogen coevolution remains to be widely explored. Batrachochytrium …

Evolutionary ecology of host competence after a chytrid outbreak in a naive amphibian community

AV Longo, KR Lips… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Naive multi-host communities include species that may differentially maintain, transmit and
amplify novel pathogens; therefore, we expect species to fill distinct roles during infectious …

Panzootic chytrid fungus exploits diverse amphibian host environments through plastic infection strategies

M Torres‐Sánchez, J Villate… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While some pathogens are limited to single species, others can colonize many hosts, likely
contributing to the emergence of novel disease outbreaks. Despite this biodiversity threat …

Conserved evolution of MHC supertypes among Japanese frogs suggests selection for Bd resistance

Q Lau, T Igawa, TA Kosch, AB Dharmayanthi, L Berger… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study explored the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) of a
variety of Japanese frog species, to further understand why they may have resistance to the …

What can frogs teach us about resilience? Adaptive renewal in amphibian and academic ecosystems

AQ Byrne - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Examples of resilience in nature give us hope amid a growing biodiversity crisis. While
resilience has many definitions across disciplines, here I discuss resilience as the ability to …

Report on the First Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease (GARD) Conference 2022

C Leineweber, RE Marschang - 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract The first Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference took place 4–10
August 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. More than 230 professionals from 25 countries …

Landscape-scale drivers of spatial dynamics and genetic diversity in an emerging wildlife pathogen

V Saenz, AQ Byrne, MEB Ohmer, TT Hammond… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Aquatic pathogens often cannot tolerate drying, and thus their spread and diversity across a
landscape may depend on interactions between hydrological conditions and the movement …

Una revisión de la biología de Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

AL Marmolejo-Vargas, L Solano, Y Baleta Osorio… - 2023 - repositorio.cecar.edu.co
Uno de los casos más preocupantes de pérdida de biodiversidad es la disminución de las
poblaciones de anfibios en todo el mundo, ocasionada por el hongo Batrachochytrium …

Prácticas investigativas de jóvenes investigadores en Sucre, Colombia Vol. 1

AF Toscano Sáenz, GJ Arrieta Bernate… - 2023 - repositorio.cecar.edu.co
Los invitamos a sumergirse en un fascinante viaje a través del esfuerzo y la dedicación de
veinte jóvenes investigadores del Departamento de Sucre. Este libro trasciende la mera …