Effects of coinfection by pathogenic fungi in salamanders

January 4, 2020

Emerging fungal pathogens are endangering amphibian biodiversity. What happens when several pathogens infect the same host? McDonald et al. (2020) compared transcriptomic responses to coinfection by the two chytrid fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans in several organs of…