Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders
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- An Martel (UGent) , Mark Blooi (UGent) , Connie Adriaensen (UGent) , Pascale Van Rooij (UGent) , Wouter Beukema, MC Fisher, RA Farrer, BR Schmidt, U Tobler, K Goka, KR Lips, C Muletz, KR Zamudio, J Bosch, S Lötters, E Wombwell, TWJ Garner, AA Cunningham, Adriana Marieke van der Sluijs, S Salvidio, Richard Ducatelle (UGent) , K Nishikawa, TT Nguyen, JE Kolby, I Van Bocxlaer, F Bossuyt and Frank Pasmans (UGent)
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- Emerging infectious diseases are reducing biodiversity on a global scale. Recently, the emergence of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans resulted in rapid declines in populations of European fire salamanders. Here, we screened more than 5000 amphibians from across four continents and combined experimental assessment of pathogenicity with phylogenetic methods to estimate the threat that this infection poses to amphibian diversity. Results show that B. salamandrivorans is restricted to, but highly pathogenic for, salamanders and newts (Urodela). The pathogen likely originated and remained in coexistence with a clade of salamander hosts for millions of years in Asia. As a result of globalization and lack of biosecurity, it has recently been introduced into naive European amphibian populations, where it is currently causing biodiversity loss.
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- AMPHIBIANS, EXTINCTION, DENDROBATIDIS, BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-SALAMANDRIVORANS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5829734
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- Martel, An, et al. “Recent Introduction of a Chytrid Fungus Endangers Western Palearctic Salamanders.” SCIENCE, vol. 346, no. 6209, 2014, pp. 630–31, doi:10.1126/science.1258268.
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- Martel, A., Blooi, M., Adriaensen, C., Van Rooij, P., Beukema, W., Fisher, M., … Pasmans, F. (2014). Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders. SCIENCE, 346(6209), 630–631. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1258268
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- Martel, An, Mark Blooi, Connie Adriaensen, Pascale Van Rooij, Wouter Beukema, MC Fisher, RA Farrer, et al. 2014. “Recent Introduction of a Chytrid Fungus Endangers Western Palearctic Salamanders.” SCIENCE 346 (6209): 630–31. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1258268.
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- Martel, An, Mark Blooi, Connie Adriaensen, Pascale Van Rooij, Wouter Beukema, MC Fisher, RA Farrer, BR Schmidt, U Tobler, K Goka, KR Lips, C Muletz, KR Zamudio, J Bosch, S Lötters, E Wombwell, TWJ Garner, AA Cunningham, Adriana Marieke van der Sluijs, S Salvidio, Richard Ducatelle, K Nishikawa, TT Nguyen, JE Kolby, I Van Bocxlaer, F Bossuyt, and Frank Pasmans. 2014. “Recent Introduction of a Chytrid Fungus Endangers Western Palearctic Salamanders.” SCIENCE 346 (6209): 630–631. doi:10.1126/science.1258268.
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- 1.Martel A, Blooi M, Adriaensen C, Van Rooij P, Beukema W, Fisher M, et al. Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders. SCIENCE. 2014;346(6209):630–1.
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- [1]A. Martel et al., “Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders,” SCIENCE, vol. 346, no. 6209, pp. 630–631, 2014.
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abstract = {{Emerging infectious diseases are reducing biodiversity on a global scale. Recently, the emergence of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans resulted in rapid declines in populations of European fire salamanders. Here, we screened more than 5000 amphibians from across four continents and combined experimental assessment of pathogenicity with phylogenetic methods to estimate the threat that this infection poses to amphibian diversity. Results show that B. salamandrivorans is restricted to, but highly pathogenic for, salamanders and newts (Urodela). The pathogen likely originated and remained in coexistence with a clade of salamander hosts for millions of years in Asia. As a result of globalization and lack of biosecurity, it has recently been introduced into naive European amphibian populations, where it is currently causing biodiversity loss.}},
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journal = {{SCIENCE}},
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language = {{eng}},
number = {{6209}},
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title = {{Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1258268}},
volume = {{346}},
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