Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis"
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Aspects of amphibian chytrid infections in South Africa
(North-West University, 2008)The waterborne pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), amphibian chytrid, is implicated as being the causative agent for global amphibian declines. The fungus attacks the keratinized skin of adult and postmetamorphic ... -
Assessing the ability of environmental bacteria to inhibit the growth of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Amphibians have been facing devastating declines through the decades and it wasn’t until 1998 that the once enigmatic declines of amphibians were attributed to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. This lethal fungal pathogen ... -
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis survey in Ncandu Nature Reserve and fungal ecology
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)Amphibians across the globe have been experiencing rapid declines, especially in areas with a high amphibian population density. It was assumed that this decline was caused by habitat destruction and climate change. A ... -
Chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease of amphibians in South Africa
(North-West University, 2005)The sudden appearance of chytridiomycosis, as the cause of amphibian deaths and population declines in several continents suggests that its etiological agent, the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, ... -
Development of DNA-based assays for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in environmental samples and amphibians
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease affecting amphibians on a pandemic scale. The disease causing organism, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, has been recorded on a global scale to be the top causative driver ... -
The ecology of chytrid lineages in southern Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The inter- and intraspecific diversity of microbial communities is known to be an important, but difficult to disentangle, factor in pathogen ecology. Conspecific or interspecific microbial interactions may result in ... -
Spatial epidemiology of amphibian chytridiomycosis in the Orange River system of South Africa
(North-West University, 2018)South Africa not only hosts a large number of amphibians, but also two different lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the postulated endemic BdCAPE and the Global Panzootic Lineage (BdGPL). The Orange River is one ... -
Tadpole ecomorphological guilds and gut contents as a proxy for diatom diversity
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Tadpole development significantly depends on the availability of water. Metamorphosis will gradually allow tadpoles to inhabit terrestrial environments (Duellman & Trueb, 1986; Duellman & Trueb, 1994; Harvey Pough, 2007). ...