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ArticlePloS one2024

Drosophila melanogaster as a model arthropod carrier for the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Alyssa M Byer, Kaylie M Nguyen, Tatum S Katz, Renwei Chen, Cheryl J Briggs

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Article in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alyssa M ByerEcology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.
Kaylie M NguyenEcology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.
Tatum S KatzEcology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3952-5328
Renwei ChenEcology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.
Cheryl J BriggsEcology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.

Funding

From specialist to generalist: biotic and abiotic reservoirs of fungal pathogensR01GM135935 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI BRIGGS, CHERYL J · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM135935
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) causes the disease amphibian chytridiomycosis, which has contributed to population declines in many species of amphibians throughout the world. Previous observational studies have shown that nematodes, waterfowl, lizards, other dipterans, and crayfish have properties which may allow them to harbor and spread Bd; therefore, we sought to determine the carrier capabilities of invertebrates to a further extent in a laboratory setting. We use the insect Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to quantify the potential relationship between insects and Bd. Our findings show that D. melanogaster can test positive for Bd for up to five days post-exposure and can transmit Bd to conspecifics without suffering mortality. Insects of various types interact with the amphibian habitat and amphibians themselves, making this a potentially important route of transmission between amphibians and of dispersal across the environment.

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BatrachochytriumDrosophila melanogasterAmphibiansAnimalsChytridiomycotaMycoses

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PMID39047007
PMCPMC11268706

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