PloS oneChiropteraAnimalsPolyethylene GlycolsUltraviolet RaysAscomycota
Ultraviolet light and polyethylene glycol as environmental cleaning agents to reduce contamination of Pseudogymnoascus destructans in bat hibernacula.
Alyssa J Stulberg, Tina L Cheng, Katy L Parise, Kaleigh J O Norquay, Quinn E Fletcher, Rebecca L Mau, Daniel L Lindner, Jeffrey T Foster, Barrie E Overton, Winifred F Frick, Craig K R Willis
Published: 202610.1371/journal.pone.0341213
Abstract
Pathogens that persist in an environmental reservoir can drive host populations to extinction because host abundance does not limit pathogen survival or reproduction. Fungal pathogens are of particular conservation concern because many fungi are gene…
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