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New study shows that Pd likely evolved from a relative that

PostPosted: Jan 30, 2014 9:49 am
by bigredfoote
Here is a nice summary http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140129135108.htm of the full paper:

Hannah T. Reynolds, Hazel A. Barton. Comparison of the White-Nose Syndrome Agent Pseudogymnoascus destructans to Cave-Dwelling Relatives Suggests Reduced Saprotrophic Enzyme Activity. PLoS ONE, 2014; 9 (1): e86437 DOI: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0086437

Re: New study shows that Pd likely evolved from a relative t

PostPosted: Feb 4, 2014 5:21 pm
by PYoungbaer
"The ability of the fungus to grow in caves absent of bats would mean that future attempts to reintroduce bats to caves would be doomed to failure,"
says Hazel Barton.

That is quite ominous, unless bats are resistant, which some are - some species and some individuals within affected species. Those traits will need to strengthen for bat populations to grow.