Deadly Fungus Could Threaten US Salamanders

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Yahoo News (USA) July 31st, 2015 07:50 AM: Deadly Fungus Could Threaten US Salamanders

Each year, thousands of live salamanders arrive in shipments on U.S. shores, a trade that must stop immediately, scientists say. According to new research, a ban on salamander imports is crucial to stopping the spread of a deadly fungus that kills almost every salamander it infects. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, also known as Bsal, is a chytrid fungus, and a close relative of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a frog fungus that is threatening species worldwide.


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