Chytrid fungi and global amphibian declines

Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

(2019) Ben C. Scheele et al.   SCIENCE

A deadly amphibian disease goes global

(2019) Dan A. Greenberg et al.   SCIENCE

Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale

(2019) Jordan G. Kueneman et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Ancestral chytrid pathogen remains hypervirulent following its long coevolution with amphibian hosts

(2019) Minjie Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Comparative genomics of chytrid fungi reveal insights into the obligate biotrophic and pathogenic lifestyle of Synchytrium endobioticum

(2019) Bart T. L. H. van de Vossenberg et al.   Scientific Reports

Amphibian chytrid fungus in Africa – realigning hypotheses and the research paradigm

(2019) T. M. Doherty‐Bone et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Cryptic diversity of a widespread global pathogen reveals expanded threats to amphibian conservation

(2019) Allison Q. Byrne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Routine habitat switching alters the likelihood and persistence of infection with a pathogenic parasite

(2018) David R. Daversa et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Long-term monitoring of an amphibian community after a climate change- and infectious disease-driven species extirpation

(2018) Jaime Bosch et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Genetic variability and ontogeny predict microbiome structure in a disease-challenged montane amphibian

(2018) Sarah M. Griffiths et al.   ISME Journal

Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines

(2018) Simon J. O’Hanlon et al.   SCIENCE

Shifts in disease dynamics in a tropical amphibian assemblage are not due to pathogen attenuation

(2018) Jamie Voyles et al.   SCIENCE

Amphibian chytridiomycosis outbreak dynamics are linked with host skin bacterial community structure

(2018) Kieran A. Bates et al.   Nature Communications

Hybrids of amphibian chytrid show high virulence in native hosts

(2018) S. E. Greenspan et al.   Scientific Reports

Dating the Cryptococcus gattii Dispersal to the North American Pacific Northwest

(2018) Chandler C. Roe et al.   mSphere

Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi

(2018) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   Scientific Reports

Globally invasive genotypes of the amphibian chytrid outcompete an enzootic lineage in coinfections

(2018) Thomas S. Jenkinson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Review of the Amphibian Immune Response to Chytridiomycosis, and Future Directions

(2018) Laura F. Grogan et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Elevated salinity blocks pathogen transmission and improves host survival from the global amphibian chytrid pandemic: Implications for translocations

(2017) Simon Clulow et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Greater Species Richness of Bacterial Skin Symbionts Better Suppresses the Amphibian Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis

(2017) Jonah Piovia-Scott et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Drivers of salamander extirpation mediated by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

(2017) Gwij Stegen et al.   NATURE

Historical amphibian declines and extinctions in Brazil linked to chytridiomycosis

(2017) Tamilie Carvalho et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomic epidemiology of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from native and invasive amphibian species in Chile

(2017) A. Valenzuela-Sánchez et al.   Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Chytrid fungus infection in zebrafish demonstrates that the pathogen can parasitize non-amphibian vertebrate hosts

(2017) Nicole Liew et al.   Nature Communications

Genomic innovations linked to infection strategies across emerging pathogenic chytrid fungi

(2017) Rhys A. Farrer et al.   Nature Communications

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans is the predominant chytrid fungus in Vietnamese salamanders

(2017) Alexandra E. Laking et al.   Scientific Reports

Prevalence and genetic diversity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Central African island and continental amphibian communities

(2017) Marina E. Hydeman et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Fight Fungi with Fungi: Antifungal Properties of the Amphibian Mycobiome

(2017) Patrick J. Kearns et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Impact of asynchronous emergence of two lethal pathogens on amphibian assemblages

(2017) Gonçalo M. Rosa et al.   Scientific Reports

Assessing the ability of swab data to determine the true burden of infection for the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2016) Frances Clare et al.   EcoHealth

Inferences from tip-calibrated phylogenies: a review and a practical guide

(2016) Adrien Rieux et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Amphibian-killing chytrid in Brazil comprises both locally endemic and globally expanding populations

(2016) T. S. Jenkinson et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Climate forcing of an emerging pathogenic fungus across a montane multi-host community

(2016) Frances C. Clare et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycoses in nature

(2016) Trenton W. J. Garner et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptive tolerance to a pathogenic fungus drives major histocompatibility complex evolution in natural amphibian populations

(2016) Anna E. Savage et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dynamics and genetics of a disease-driven species decline to near extinction: lessons for conservation

(2016) M. A. Hudson et al.   Scientific Reports

Using “Omics” and Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches to Guide Probiotic Selection to Mitigate Chytridiomycosis and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases

(2016) Eria A. Rebollar et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Dramatic Declines of Montane Frogs in a Central African Biodiversity Hotspot

(2016) Mareike Hirschfeld et al.   PLoS One

A century of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Illinois amphibians (1888–1989)

(2015) Brooke L. Talley et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Successful elimination of a lethal wildlife infectious disease in nature

(2015) Jaime Bosch et al.   Biology Letters

Context-dependent conservation responses to emerging wildlife diseases

(2015) Kate E Langwig et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in Madagascar neither Shows Widespread Presence nor Signs of Certain Establishment

(2015) Jonathan E. Kolby et al.   PLoS One

Temperature variability and moisture synergistically interact to exacerbate an epizootic disease

(2015) T. R. Raffel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Measurably evolving pathogens in the genomic era

(2015) Roman Biek et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Disentangling host, pathogen, and environmental determinants of a recently emerged wildlife disease: lessons from the first 15 years of amphibian chytridiomycosis research

(2015) Timothy Y. James et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Genomic Correlates of Virulence Attenuation in the Deadly Amphibian Chytrid Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2015) Jeanine M. Refsnider et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Early 1900s Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Korean Amphibians

(2015) Jonathan J. Fong et al.   PLoS One

Assessing the Threat of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in the Albertine Rift: Past, Present and Future

(2015) Tracie A. Seimon et al.   PLoS One

Widespread presence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild amphibian communities in Madagascar

(2015) Molly C. Bletz et al.   Scientific Reports

Microscopic Aquatic Predators Strongly Affect Infection Dynamics of a Globally Emerged Pathogen

(2014) Dirk S. Schmeller et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Rapid phylogenetic analysis of large samples of recombinant bacterial whole genome sequences using Gubbins

(2014) Nicholas J. Croucher et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

(2014) A. Martel et al.   SCIENCE

Experimental evolution alters the rate and temporal pattern of population growth inBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal fungal pathogen of amphibians

(2014) Jamie Voyles et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Assessing Risk and Guidance on Monitoring ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisin Europe through Identification of Taxonomic Selectivity of Infection

(2013) VOJTECH BALÁŽ et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection and Lethal Chytridiomycosis in Caecilian Amphibians (Gymnophiona)

(2013) David J. Gower et al.   EcoHealth

Genetic evidence for a high diversity and wide distribution of endemic strains of the pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild Asian amphibians

(2013) Arnaud Bataille et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Long-term endemism of two highly divergent lineages of the amphibian-killing fungus in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

(2013) D. Rodriguez et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Mapping the Global Emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus

(2013) Deanna H. Olson et al.   PLoS One

Resistance to Chytridiomycosis in European Plethodontid Salamanders of the Genus Speleomantes

(2013) Frank Pasmans et al.   PLoS One

Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Xenopus Collected in Africa (1871–2000) and in California (2001–2010)

(2013) Vance T. Vredenburg et al.   PLoS One

A Fungal Pathogen of Amphibians, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Attenuates in Pathogenicity with In Vitro Passages

(2013) Penny F. Langhammer et al.   PLoS One

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians

(2013) A. Martel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Complex history of the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus revealed with genome resequencing data

(2013) Erica Bree Rosenblum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Early-life exposure to a herbicide has enduring effects on pathogen-induced mortality

(2013) J. R. Rohr et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Invasive Chytrid Fungus of Amphibians Paralyzes Lymphocyte Responses

(2013) J. S. Fites et al.   SCIENCE

Chromosomal Copy Number Variation, Selection and Uneven Rates of Recombination Reveal Cryptic Genome Diversity Linked to Pathogenicity

(2013) Rhys A. Farrer et al.   PLoS Genetics

Novel, panzootic and hybrid genotypes of amphibian chytridiomycosis associated with the bullfrog trade

(2012) LISA M. SCHLOEGEL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

(2012) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   NATURE

Chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has nonamphibian hosts and releases chemicals that cause pathology in the absence of infection

(2012) T. A. McMahon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Historical variations in mutation rate in an epidemic pathogen, Yersinia pestis

(2012) Y. Cui et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Species-Specific Chitin-Binding Module 18 Expansion in the Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2012) J. Abramyan et al.   mBio

Ambient Ultraviolet B Radiation and Prevalence of Infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Two Amphibian Species

(2011) MANUEL E. ORTIZ-SANTALIESTRA et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Phenotypic profiling of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal fungal pathogen of amphibians

(2011) Jamie Voyles   Fungal Ecology

Is Chytridiomycosis an Emerging Infectious Disease in Asia?

(2011) Andrea Swei et al.   PLoS One

Multiple emergences of genetically diverse amphibian-infecting chytrids include a globalized hypervirulent recombinant lineage

(2011) R. A. Farrer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Synchronous attack is advantageous: mixed genotype infections lead to higher infection success in trematode parasites

(2011) A. Karvonen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomic Transition to Pathogenicity in Chytrid Fungi

(2011) Suzanne Joneson et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Altitudinal distribution of chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) infection in subtropical Australian frogs

(2010) KERRY M. KRIGER et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

The distribution and host range of the pandemic disease chytridiomycosis in Australia, spanning surveys from 1956–2007

(2010) Kris Murray et al.   ECOLOGY

Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia

(2010) Susan F. Walker et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Climate change, chytridiomycosis or condition: an experimental test of amphibian survival

(2010) TRENTON W. J. GARNER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Linking global climate and temperature variability to widespread amphibian declines putatively caused by disease

(2010) J. R. Rohr et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enzootic and epizootic dynamics of the chytrid fungal pathogen of amphibians

(2010) C. J. Briggs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamics of an emerging disease drive large-scale amphibian population extinctions

(2010) V. T. Vredenburg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global Emergence ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisand Amphibian Chytridiomycosis in Space, Time, and Host

(2009) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Widespread historical presence ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisin African pipid frogs

(2009) Claudio Soto-Azat et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Proteomic and phenotypic profiling of the amphibian pathogenBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisshows that genotype is linked to virulence

(2009) MATTHEW C. FISHER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Amphibian chytridiomycosis in Japan: distribution, haplotypes and possible route of entry into Japan

(2009) KOICHI GOKA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Life history tradeoffs influence mortality associated with the amphibian pathogenBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2009) Trenton W. J. Garner et al.   OIKOS

EpiCollect: Linking Smartphones to Web Applications for Epidemiology, Ecology and Community Data Collection

(2009) David M. Aanensen et al.   PLoS One

Expression Profiling the Temperature-Dependent Amphibian Response to Infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2009) Laia Ribas et al.   PLoS One

Rapid Global Expansion of the Fungal Disease Chytridiomycosis into Declining and Healthy Amphibian Populations

(2009) Timothy Y. James et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Invasive pathogens threaten species recovery programs

(2008) Susan F. Walker et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFFS INFLUENCE DISEASE IN CHANGING CLIMATES: STRATEGIES OF AN AMPHIBIAN PATHOGEN

(2008) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   ECOLOGY

Direct evidence of extensive diversity of HIV-1 in Kinshasa by 1960

(2008) Michael Worobey et al.   NATURE

Evaluating the links between climate, disease spread, and amphibian declines

(2008) J. R. Rohr et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bat White-Nose Syndrome: An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?

(2008) D. S. Blehert et al.   SCIENCE

Riding the Wave: Reconciling the Roles of Disease and Climate Change in Amphibian Declines

(2008) Karen R Lips et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY