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• Reptiles may be spreading deadly amphibian disease in the tropics

  In conservation biology, zoology / 14 December 2011 / 0 comments

  

  Reptiles that live near and feed upon amphibians in the tropics may be spreading the deadly amphibian disease Chytridiomycosis (caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dedrobatidis), holding and transporting reservoirs of the fungus on their skin.

   

• Research team to explore how microbial diversity defends against disease

  In conservation biology, zoology / 8 November 2011 / 0 comments

  

  Researchers who will study the microbial communities living on the skins of frogs that are surviving the fungal scourge of chytridiomycosis, deadly to the frogs.