chytridiomycosis
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From chytridio- + mycosis, from Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον (khutrídion, “little pot”), and μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).
Noun
[edit]chytridiomycosis (usually uncountable, plural chytridiomycoses)
- An infectious disease of amphibians caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus) or (chiefly in salamanders and newts) by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.
- 2010, Ross A. Alford, 2: Declines and the Global Status of Amphibians, Donald W. Sparling, Greg Linder, Christine A. Bishop, Sherry Krest (editors), Ecotoxicology of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2nd edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 28,
- In epidemic outbreaks and when it is present as an endemic, vulnerability to chytridiomycosis caused by B. dendrobatidis varies widely among species.
- 2013, Evan A. Eskew, Brian D. Todd, Parallels in Amphibian and Bat Declines from Pathogenic Fungi, D. Peter Drotman (editor-in-chief), Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 19, Issues 1-3, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, page 379,
- Pathogenic fungi have substantial effects on global diversity, and 2 emerging pathogenic species—the chytridiomycete Batrachochrytium dendrobatidis, which causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians, and the ascomycete Geomyces destructans, which causes white-nose syndrome in hibernating bats—are implicated in the widespread decline of their vertebrate hosts.
- 2013, Teri Shors, Encounters in Virology, Jones & Bartlett Learning, page 45,
- Chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease that was first discovered in Queensland, Australia in 1993, though it has probably been in Australia since the 1970s.
- 2010, Ross A. Alford, 2: Declines and the Global Status of Amphibians, Donald W. Sparling, Greg Linder, Christine A. Bishop, Sherry Krest (editors), Ecotoxicology of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2nd edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 28,
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[edit]Translations
[edit]disease of amphibians
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