Other Animal Disease -- United States
Researchers working for the U.S. Geological Survey have identified the fungal culprit behind an often deadly skin infection in snakes in the eastern U.S.
Published this week in mBio, an online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, the research shows that _Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola_ is the definitive cause of snake fungal disease (SFD), which will help researchers pinpoint why it is emerging as a threat to snake populations and how its impacts can be mitigated.
SFD
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