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SUBMITTER: Sarmiento-Ramirez JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3897526 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sarmiento-Ramírez Jullie M JM Abella-Pérez Elena E Phillott Andrea D AD Sim Jolene J van West Pieter P Martín María P MP Marco Adolfo A Diéguez-Uribeondo Javier J
PloS one 20140121 1
Nascent fungal infections are currently considered as one of the main threats for biodiversity and ecosystem health, and have driven several animal species into critical risk of extinction. Sea turtles are one of the most endangered groups of animals and only seven species have survived to date. Here, we described two pathogenic species, i.e., Fusarium falciforme and Fusarium keratoplasticum, that are globally distributed in major turtle nesting areas for six sea turtle species and that are impl ...[more]