"Chytridiomycota" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A phylum of fungi that was formerly considered a subdivision of Phycomycetes. They are the only fungi that produce motile spores (zoospores) at some stage in their life cycle. Most are saprobes but they also include examples of plant, animal, and fungal pathogens.
| Descriptor ID |
D008411
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.283
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chytridiomycota" by people in Profiles.
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Murphy PJ, St-Hilaire S, Corn PS. Temperature, hydric environment, and prior pathogen exposure alter the experimental severity of chytridiomycosis in boreal toads. Dis Aquat Organ. 2011 May 24; 95(1):31-42.
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Marcum RD, St-Hilaire S, Murphy PJ, Rodnick KJ. Effects of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection on ion concentrations in the boreal toad Anaxyrus (Bufo) boreas boreas. Dis Aquat Organ. 2010 Jul 26; 91(1):17-21.
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Murphy PJ, St-Hilaire S, Bruer S, Corn PS, Peterson CR. Distribution and pathogenicity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in boreal toads from the Grand Teton area of western Wyoming. Ecohealth. 2009 Mar; 6(1):109-20.
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Morehouse EA, James TY, Ganley AR, Vilgalys R, Berger L, Murphy PJ, Longcore JE. Multilocus sequence typing suggests the chytrid pathogen of amphibians is a recently emerged clone. Mol Ecol. 2003 Feb; 12(2):395-403.