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SUBMITTER: Fong JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4349589 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fong Jonathan J JJ Cheng Tina L TL Bataille Arnaud A Pessier Allan P AP Waldman Bruce B Vredenburg Vance T VT
PloS one 20150304 3
The pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a major conservation concern because of its role in decimating amphibian populations worldwide. We used quantitative PCR to screen 244 museum specimens from the Korean Peninsula, collected between 1911 and 2004, for the presence of Bd to gain insight into its history in Asia. Three specimens of Rugosa emeljanovi (previously Rana or Glandirana rugosa), collected in 1911 from Wonsan, North Korea, tested positive for Bd. Histology of thes ...[more]