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Two papers out this week on the population dynamics and epidemiology of the chytrid pathogen of amphibians, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). This is work from the Vredenburg and Briggs labs that includes several decade-long studies of frog declines and the prevalence of Bd. See Vance in action swabbing a frog In the Briggs et al paper, they describe [...] Genome sequencing is underway on several early branches in the Opisthokont and some related linages as part of the “Origins of Multicellularity” project at the Broad Institute (BI) include some recently made available assemblies for: Allomyces macrogynus (Blastocladiomycota “Chytrid”) Already available data from Monosiga brevicolis (JGI) Still in progress (BI) Amastigomonas sp A year ago researchers at James Madison University discovered that, Pedobacter cryoconitis, a bacteria first found on the skin of red backed salamanders, was found to prevent the growth of the chytrid B. dendrobatidis, which is currently decimating frog populations.
Nature news articles on the frog decline (doi:10.1038/452394a) and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (doi: 10.1038/452394a) [...] Toko Mori from the Berbee Lab at UBC has an excellent post at the Botany Photo of the day describing a Chytrid that feeds on the algae Vaucheria sessilis. Botany Photo of the Day: Chytriomyces sp. [...]
[...] New resource on spacialepidemiology.net has maps of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections worldwide. Demoed at [...] Frogs have been having a tough time of it lately. While there are likely many contributing factors to the global frog decline, one known cause of frog dieoff is a fungal pathogen: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Unfortunately, little is known about how this aquatic fungus kills frogs or how the disease was originated and spread. However, Dr. Jess Morgan and colleagues published in PNAS (open access article) [...] Several more fungi are on the docket for sequencing at JGI through their community sequencing program. This includes
[...] Lots of papers in Mycologia (subscription required) this month of different groups analyzing the fine-scale relationships of many different fungal clades using the loads of sequences that were generated as part of the Fungal Tree of Life project. [...] |
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