Pathogenic Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, but Not B. salamandrivorans, Detected on Eastern Hellbenders

• Emma K. Bales ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Biology Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Oliver J. Hyman ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Biology Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Andrew H. Loudon,

  Current address: Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  Affiliation Biology Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Reid N. Harris,

  Affiliation Biology Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Gregory Lipps,

  Current address: Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  Affiliation Gregory Lipps, LLC, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

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• Eric Chapman,

  Affiliation Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Kenneth Roblee,

  Affiliation New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, New York, United States of America

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• John D. Kleopfer,

  Affiliation Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Kimberly A. Terrell

  * E-mail: terrellk@si.edu

  Affiliation Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America

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