Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Database
Batrachochytrium is a pathogen of amphibians implicated as a primary causative agent of amphibian declines. This recently emerging pathogen was identified in 1998 as the cause of amphibian deaths in Australia and Central America. More recently, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been implicated in population declines of frog species in North America, South America, Europe and Africa. This fungus invades the top layers of skin cells and causes thickening of the keratinized layer. As a representative of the Chytridiomycota (chytrids), the sequence of B. dendrobatidis is the first in this largely uncharacterized phylum of fungi.
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Genome Sequence
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BLAST Search Find similarities to other sequences
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Browse Regions Retrieve DNA, find clones, and graphically view sequence regions
Gene Index Find genes by a variety of methods
Genome Statistics View basic statistics about genome size, gene density, etc.
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