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Bats and white-nose syndrome [Commentary] (2012)

Fenton, M. B.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2012-05-02

Description: Since March 2006, white-nose syndrome (WNS) has killed hundreds of thousands of bats in the American northeast and adjacent Canada (1). Most of the mortality has been documented in species that use underground hibernation sites (i.e., caves and mines). Little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus; Fig. 1) have been the most frequent victims. The first evidence of the lethal impact of WNS emerged during annual counts of hibernating bats conducted under the auspices of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The ascomycete Geomyces destructans, a cold-loving (i.e., psychrophilic) fungus, causes the symptoms associated with WNS. In PNAS, Warnecke et...

Print ISSN: 0027-8424

Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490

Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General

Published by National Academy of Sciences

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