Testing for Bsal
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Description: English: Scientists sample a rough-skinned newt for the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, or Bsal, at a pond near Portland, Oregon. Bsal is decimating wild salamander populations in Europe and could emerge in the U.S. through the captive amphibian trade. Date: 2016. Source: United States Geological Survey. Author: Brome McCreary, USGS. Public domain.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Nucletmycea
- Fungi (mushrooms, lichens, molds, yeasts and relatives)
- Chytridiomycota (chitridiomycetes)
- Chytridiomycetes
- Rhizophydiales
- unclassified Rhizophydiales
- Batrachochytrium
- Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
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