在干旱和热极端的索诺拉沙漠中发现的Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Sadie A Roth1, Kerry L Griffis-Kyle2, Matthew A Barnes2

  • 1Department of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA. sadie.roth@ttu.edu.

EcoHealth
|January 19, 2024
PubMed
概括

巴特拉科希特里乌姆 (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) (Bd) 是一种致两动物菌病原体,在炎热干旱的沙漠中持续存在. 这挑战了关于其环境极限的先前假设,表明Bd可以在预计范围之外感染两动物.

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