Widespread occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Ontario, Canada, and predicted habitat suitability for the emerging Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.

ABSTRACT: Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, is associated with massive amphibian mortality events worldwide and with some species' extinctions. Previous ecological niche models suggest that B. dendrobatidis is not well-suited to northern, temperate climates, but these predictions have often relied on datasets in which northern latitudes are underrepresented. Recent northern detections of B. dendrobatidis suggest that these models may have underestimated the suitability of higher latitudes for this fungus. We used qPCR to test for B. dendrobatidis in 1,041 non-invasive epithelial swab samples from 18 species of amphibians collected across 735,345 km² in Ontario

SUBMITTER: Crawshaw L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020443 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature