Ecology and impacts of white-nose syndrome on bats

JR Hoyt, AM Kilpatrick, KE Langwig - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
The recent introduction of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (the fungal pathogen that causes
white-nose syndrome in bats) from Eurasia to North America has resulted in the collapse of …

Going to bat (s) for studies of disease tolerance

JN Mandl, C Schneider, DS Schneider… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
A majority of viruses that have caused recent epidemics with high lethality rates in people,
are zoonoses originating from wildlife. Among them are filoviruses (eg, Marburg, Ebola) …

[图书][B] The fungal community: its organization and role in the ecosystem

J Dighton, JF White - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Pathogenic strategies of Pseudogymnoascus destructans during torpor and arousal of hibernating bats

M Isidoro-Ayza, BS Klein - Science, 2024 - science.org
Millions of hibernating bats across North America have died from white-nose syndrome
(WNS), an emerging disease caused by a psychrophilic (cold-loving) fungus …

Deconstructing the bat skin microbiome: influences of the host and the environment

CV Avena, LW Parfrey, JW Leff, HM Archer… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Bats are geographically widespread and play an important role in many ecosystems, but
relatively little is known about the ecology of their associated microbial communities and the …

Decimated little brown bats show potential for adaptive change

GG Auteri, LL Knowles - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The degree to which species can rapidly adapt is key to survival in the face of climatic and
other anthropogenic changes. For little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus), whose populations …

Winter behavior of bats and the progression of white‐nose syndrome in the southeastern United States

RF Bernard, GF McCracken - Ecology and evolution, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the winter behavior of bats in temperate North America can provide insight
into how bats react to perturbations caused by natural disturbances such as weather, human …

Extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet light in the fungal pathogen causing white-nose syndrome of bats

JM Palmer, KP Drees, JT Foster, DL Lindner - Nature Communications, 2018 - nature.com
Bat white-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus
destructans, has decimated North American hibernating bats since its emergence in 2006 …

Virally-vectored vaccine candidates against white-nose syndrome induce anti-fungal immune response in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

TE Rocke, B Kingstad-Bakke, M Wüthrich, B Stading… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
White-nose syndrome (WNS) caused by the fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd)
has killed millions of North American hibernating bats. Currently, methods to prevent the …

White-nose syndrome increases torpid metabolic rate and evaporative water loss in hibernating bats

LP McGuire, HW Mayberry… - American Journal of …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Fungal diseases of wildlife typically manifest as superficial skin infections but can have
devastating consequences for host physiology and survival. White-nose syndrome (WNS) is …