Global Patterns of the Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Support Conservation Urgency.

ABSTRACT: The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a skin pathogen that can cause the emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis in susceptible species. It has been considered one of the most severe threats to amphibian biodiversity. We aimed to provide an updated compilation of global Bd occurrences by host taxon and geography, and with the larger global Bd dataset we reanalyzed Bd associations with environmental metrics at the world and regional scales. We also compared our Bd data compilation with a recent independent assessment to provide a more comprehensive count of species and countries with Bd occurrences. Bd has been detected in 1,375 of 2,525 (55%) species sampled, more than doubling known species infectio

SUBMITTER: Olson DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8322974 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature