#Vaccine against deadly #chytrid #fungus primes #frog #microbiome for future exposure.

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-vaccine-deadly-chytrid-fungus-primes.html

Lethal pathogen causes widespread biological disruption for #frogs, but responses differ by species
https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/new_study_finds_lethal_pathogen_causes_widespread_biological_disruption_for_frogs,_but_responses_differ_by_species
#chytrid #fungus pathogen #biodiversity #wildlife #access

First paper of the year & first sole-author paper in @FunEcology! I examined the relationship between infection intensity & function disruption using #chytrid as a model system | https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14245

#chytrid people, what’s an alternative to the MW113 swabs? The Aussie supplier just quoted me nearly $900 for the 1250 box 😳

As part of our work in Seychelles, we are monitoring disease in all of the region's #amphibians (Seychelles is the only amphibian inhabited region in the world that is likely #chytrid free), monitoring #ClimateChange, trying to help enhance habitat and build in-country capacity

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Such a cool example of eukaryotic #excitability:
Rapid calcium influx triggered by the presence of mucus induces encystation of the ciliated zoospore of a frog-killing #chytrid fungus
Cilium mediated??
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982222005759
#BiologistsWorkshops
Lillian Fritz-Laylin @FritzLaylin

I wanna follow anyone who studies or works on #chytrid, so if that's you let me know! I'm not just looking for people working with #amphibian chytrids - I wanna hear about all kinds of #chytridiomycetes #fungi! 🍄 🐸