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Tag Archives: conservation
An emerging fungal disease is killing snakes in the US
Ophidiomyces ophidiicola is an emerging pathogen that causes snake fungal disease, a potentially fatal infection spreading rapidly across North America. We spoke to microbiologist Dr Jeffrey Lorch about his recent work to identify the fungus causing the disease. For the … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Diseases, Mycology
Tagged conservation, Disease, fungal, Fungus, keratin, Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, SFD, snake, snake fungal disease
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Discovering new lemur parasites in Madagascar
Madagascar is home to many species of wildlife that are found nowhere else on the planet. The island broke off from India about 88 million years ago and its inhabitants have evolved in isolation ever since, giving rise to the … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Microbiology, Microbial Evolution and Diversity, Parasitology
Tagged bacteria, Borrelia, conservation, lemur, Madagascar, parasite, plasmodium, RNA, transcriptome, zoonosis
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