Chytrid Fungus and Chytridiomycosis
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Description: Information on the newly discovered fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which is devastating populations of amphibia around the world.
Chytrid Fungus-Plague casuing global amphibian mass extinction The Amphibian Chytrid Fungus and Chytridiomycosis What is a “chytridâ€� What is A “chytrid†is a type of fungus (Phylum Chytridiomycota) and there are approximately 1,000 different chytrid species that live exclusively in water or moist environments. The chytrids are among the oldest (most primitive) types of fungi and until very recently were considered members of the Kingdom Protista (and therefore thought to be more closely related to single celled organisms like protozoa). Most chytrids are saprobes meaning that they feed on dead and rotting organic matter. Other chytrids are parasites that live on plants or invertebrate animals. In 1999, a new species of chytrid was described that infects the skin of amphibians and was named
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| Page title: | Chytrid Fungus-Plague casuing global amphibian mass extinction |
| Keywords: | chytrid, fungus, amphibian, death, extinction, mass, threatenend, research, conservation, save |
| Description: | Conservation and research to save amphibians from deadly Chytrid fungus that quickly kills amphibians around the planet. Many species already extinct. |
| IP-address: | 175.107.174.19 |