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 …

Relationship of environmental disturbances and the infectious potential of fungi

H Hernandez, LR Martinez - Microbiology, 2018 - microbiologyresearch.org
Fungi are critical organisms for the environment and offer many benefits to modern society
through their application in the pharmaceutical, beverage and food industries. In contrast …

Pathogen dynamics during invasion and establishment of white‐nose syndrome explain mechanisms of host persistence

WF Frick, TL Cheng, KE Langwig, JR Hoyt, AF Janicki… - 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Disease dynamics during pathogen invasion and establishment determine the impacts of
disease on host populations and determine the mechanisms of host persistence. Temporal …

The white-nose syndrome transcriptome: activation of anti-fungal host responses in wing tissue of hibernating little brown myotis

KA Field, JS Johnson, TM Lilley, SM Reeder… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
White-nose syndrome (WNS) in North American bats is caused by an invasive cutaneous
infection by the psychrophilic fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd). We compared …

Field trial of a probiotic bacteria to protect bats from white-nose syndrome

JR Hoyt, KE Langwig, JP White, HM Kaarakka… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Tools for reducing wildlife disease impacts are needed to conserve biodiversity. White-nose
syndrome (WNS), caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, has caused …

Efficacy of a probiotic bacterium to treat bats affected by the disease white‐nose syndrome

TL Cheng, H Mayberry, LP McGuire… - Journal of applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The management of infectious diseases is an important conservation concern for a growing
number of wildlife species. However, effective disease control in wildlife is challenging …

Cooling of bat hibernacula to mitigate white‐nose syndrome

GG Turner, BJ Sewall, MR Scafini, TM Lilley… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
White‐nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease that has caused precipitous declines in
several North American bat species, creating an urgent need for conservation. We examined …

Hibernacula microclimate and declines in overwintering bats during an outbreak of white‐nose syndrome near the northern range limit of infection in North America

KJ Vanderwolf, DF McAlpine - Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We document white‐nose syndrome (WNS), a lethal disease of bats caused by the fungus
Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), and hibernacula microclimate in New Brunswick …

Changes in hibernating tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) roosting behavior in response to white‐nose syndrome

SC Loeb, EA Winters - Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding animals' behavioral and physiological responses to pathogenic diseases is
critical for management and conservation. One such disease, white‐nose syndrome (WNS) …

Effect of humidity on development of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causal agent of bat white-nose syndrome

CM Marroquin, JO Lavine, ST Windstam - Northeastern Naturalist, 2017 - BioOne
The invasive fungal pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS),
Pseudogymnoascus destructans, has decimated bat populations in the United States …