Threats posed by the fungal kingdom to humans, wildlife, and agriculture

MC Fisher, SJ Gurr, CA Cuomo, DS Blehert, H **… - MBio, 2020 - journals.asm.org
The fungal kingdom includes at least 6 million eukaryotic species and is remarkable with
respect to its profound impact on global health, biodiversity, ecology, agriculture …

Fungal infections in animals: a patchwork of different situations

S Seyedmousavi, SMG Bosco, S De Hoog… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The importance of fungal infections in both human and animals has increased over the last
decades. This article represents an overview of the different categories of fungal infections …

Hotspot shelters stimulate frog resistance to chytridiomycosis

AW Waddle, S Clulow, A Aquilina, EL Sauer… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Many threats to biodiversity cannot be eliminated; for example, invasive pathogens may be
ubiquitous. Chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease that has spread worldwide, driving at least …

Drivers of salamander extirpation mediated by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

G Stegen, F Pasmans, BR Schmidt, LO Rouffaer… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The recent arrival of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe was followed by rapid
expansion of its geographical distribution and host range, confirming the unprecedented …

Overview of chytrid emergence and impacts on amphibians

KR Lips - … Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease of amphibians that affects over 700
species on all continents where amphibians occur. The amphibian–chytridiomycosis system …

Amphibian chytridiomycosis: a review with focus on fungus-host interactions

P Van Rooij, A Martel, F Haesebrouck, F Pasmans - Veterinary research, 2015 - Springer
Amphibian declines and extinctions are emblematic for the current sixth mass extinction
event. Infectious drivers of these declines include the recently emerged fungal pathogens …

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

TY James, LF Toledo, D Rödder… - Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The amphibian fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which affects species across all continents,
recently emerged as one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. Yet, many aspects of the …

State of the world's amphibians

A Catenazzi - Annual review of environment and resources, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The Anthropocene is characterized by a widespread biodiversity crisis that is rivaling
prehistoric mass extinctions. Amphibians are the most threatened class of vertebrates. In …

Review of the amphibian immune response to chytridiomycosis, and future directions

LF Grogan, J Robert, L Berger, LF Skerratt… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The fungal skin disease, chytridiomycosis (caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and
B. salamandrivorans), has caused amphibian declines and extinctions globally since its …

Probiotic treatment restores protection against lethal fungal infection lost during amphibian captivity

JG Kueneman, DC Woodhams… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Host-associated microbiomes perform many beneficial functions including resisting
pathogens and training the immune system. Here, we show that amphibians develo** in …