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Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines.

ABSTRACT: Globalized infectious diseases are causing species declines worldwide, but their source often remains elusive. We used whole-genome sequencing to solve the spatiotemporal origins of the most devastating panzootic to date, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a proximate driver of global amphibian declines. We traced the source of B. dendrobatidis to the Korean peninsula, where one lineage, BdASIA-1, exhibits the genetic hallmarks of an ancestral population that seeded the panzootic. We date the emergence of this pathogen to the early 20th century, coinciding with the global expansion of commercial trade in amphibians, and we show that intercontinental transmission is ongoing. Our findings point to East Asia as a geographic hotspot for B. dendrobatidis biodiversity and the original source of these lineages that now parasitize amphibians worldwide.

SUBMITTER: O'Hanlon SJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6311102 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines.

O'Hanlon Simon J SJ Rieux Adrien A Farrer Rhys A RA Rosa Gonçalo M GM Waldman Bruce B Bataille Arnaud A Kosch Tiffany A TA Murray Kris A KA Brankovics Balázs B Fumagalli Matteo M Martin Michael D MD Wales Nathan N Alvarado-Rybak Mario M Bates Kieran A KA Berger Lee L Böll Susanne S Brookes Lola L Clare Frances F Courtois Elodie A EA Cunningham Andrew A AA Doherty-Bone Thomas M TM Ghosh Pria P Gower David J DJ Hintz William E WE Höglund Jacob J Jenkinson Thomas S TS Lin Chun-Fu CF Laurila Anssi A Loyau Adeline A Martel An A Meurling Sara S Miaud Claude C Minting Pete P Pasmans Frank F Schmeller Dirk S DS Schmidt Benedikt R BR Shelton Jennifer M G JMG Skerratt Lee F LF Smith Freya F Soto-Azat Claudio C Spagnoletti Matteo M Tessa Giulia G Toledo Luís Felipe LF Valenzuela-Sánchez Andrés A Verster Ruhan R Vörös Judit J Webb Rebecca J RJ Wierzbicki Claudia C Wombwell Emma E Zamudio Kelly R KR Aanensen David M DM James Timothy Y TY Gilbert M Thomas P MTP Weldon Ché C Bosch Jaime J Balloux François F Garner Trenton W J TWJ Fisher Matthew C MC

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20180501 6389

Globalized infectious diseases are causing species declines worldwide, but their source often remains elusive. We used whole-genome sequencing to solve the spatiotemporal origins of the most devastating panzootic to date, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a proximate driver of global amphibian declines. We traced the source of B. dendrobatidis to the Korean peninsula, where one lineage, BdASIA-1, exhibits the genetic hallmarks of an ancestral population th ...[more]

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Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines.

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Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines.

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