Field-based molecular detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in critically endangered Atelopus toads and aquatic habitats in Ecuador

• Lenin R. Riascos-Flores,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Gent University, Gent, Belgium, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL/Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Campus Gustavo Galindo Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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• Julio Bonilla,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL/Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Campus Gustavo Galindo Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-5100

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• Leopoldo Naranjo-Briceño,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Applied Microbiology Research Group, Life Sciences Faculty, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador, Fungal Biotech Lab, Spora Biotech, Huechuraba, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile

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• Katherine Apunte-Ramos,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Lab, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador

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• Grace C. Reyes-Ortega,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biogeography and Spatial Ecology Research Group, Life Sciences Faculty, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador

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• Marcela Cabrera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia del Agua, Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Tena, Ecuador, University of Valencia, Paterna, Spain

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• José F. Cáceres-Andrade,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Parque Nacional Cajas ETAPA EP, Cuenca, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9410-6778

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• Andrea Carrera-Gonzalez,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Lab, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador

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• Jomira K. Yánez-Galarza,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Applied Microbiology Research Group, Life Sciences Faculty, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador, Biogeography and Spatial Ecology Research Group, Life Sciences Faculty, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2816-9759

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• Fausto Siavichay Pesántez,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro de Conservación de Anfibios AMARU, Cuenca, Ecuador

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• Luis A. Oyagata-Cachimuel,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Herpetology Division, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

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• Peter Goethals,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Gent University, Gent, Belgium

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• Jorge Celi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Water and Aquatic Resources Research Group, School of Earth and Water Sciences, Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Tena, Ecuador

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• Christine Van der Heyden,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Industrial Technology, Health and Water Technology Research Centre, HOGENT—University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Gent, Belgium

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• H. Mauricio Ortega-Andrade

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mauricio.ortega@ikiam.edu.ec

  Affiliations Biogeography and Spatial Ecology Research Group, Life Sciences Faculty, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador, Herpetology Division, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9464-3688

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