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Amphibian News – Bacteria Offers Immunity against Deadly Chytrid Fungus

Ciao, truthful Indiviglio here. A bacterium, which was naturally in the skin of certain frogs and salamanders demonstrated that these animals to protect against infection by a deadly infection Chytrid fungi. chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is known, has much in the news since its discovery in 1999. It is believed that more> Post have done: The Reptile BlogAmphibian News – bacteria provides immunity against deadly chytrid fungus

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  1. I happen to be doing a project on this topic and I was wondering if you could give me any more information on this…? What specific frogs/salamanders have the bacteria that is immune to chytrid? Is there any site that has a lot of information on this topic? Thank you for all your time and help!

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