The Deadly Chytrid Fungus: A Story of an Emerging Pathogen
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1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, 2 School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 3 Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, 4 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America
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