Investigating the potential use of an ionic liquid (1-Butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide) as an anti-fungal treatment against the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

• Graziella V. DiRenzo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: grace.direnzo@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5264-4762

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• Renwei Chen,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center for Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

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• Kelly Ibsen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Mary Toothman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

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• Abigail J. Miller,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

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• Ariel Gershman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

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• Samir Mitragotri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Cheryl J. Briggs

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

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