Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

A. Martel; M. Blooi; C. Adriaensen; P. Van Rooij; W. Beukema; M. C. Fisher; R. A. Farrer; B. R. Schmidt; U. Tobler; K. Goka; K. R. Lips; C. Muletz; K. R. Zamudio; J. Bosch; S. Lötters; E. Wombwell; T. W. J. Garner; A. A. Cunningham; A. Spitzen-van der Sluijs; S. Salvidio; R. Ducatelle; K. Nishikawa; T. T. Nguyen; J. E. Kolby; I. Van Bocxlaer; F. Bossuyt; F. Pasmans

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Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

A. Martel¹,*,
M. Blooi¹,²,^†,
C. Adriaensen¹,^†,
P. Van Rooij¹,^†,
W. Beukema³,
M. C. Fisher⁴,
R. A. Farrer⁵,
B. R. Schmidt⁶,⁷,
U. Tobler⁶,⁷,
K. Goka⁸,
K. R. Lips⁹,
C. Muletz⁹,
K. R. Zamudio¹⁰,
J. Bosch¹¹,
S. Lötters¹²,
E. Wombwell¹³,¹⁴,
T. W. J. Garner¹⁴,
A. A. Cunningham¹⁴,
A. Spitzen-van der Sluijs¹⁵,
S. Salvidio¹⁶,
R. Ducatelle¹,
K. Nishikawa¹⁷,
T. T. Nguyen¹⁸,
J. E. Kolby¹⁹,
I. Van Bocxlaer²⁰,
F. Bossuyt²⁰,
F. Pasmans¹

¹Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
²Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Koningin Astridplein 26, Antwerp, Belgium.
³CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Vairão, Portugal.
⁴Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK.
⁵Genome Sequencing and Analysis Program, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
⁶Koordinationsstelle für amphibien- und reptilienschutz in der Schweiz (KARCH), Passage Maximilien-de-Meuron 6, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
⁷Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Zürich. Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
⁸Invasive Alien Species Research Team, National Institute for Environment Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan.
⁹Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
¹⁰Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
¹¹Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones cientificas (CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
¹²Biogeography Department, Trier University, 54286 Trier, Germany.
¹³Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Kent CT2 7NR, UK.
¹⁴Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY, UK.
¹⁵Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Conservation the Netherlands (RAVON), Post Office Box 1413, 6501 BK Nijmegen, Netherlands.
¹⁶Department of Earth Science, Environmental and Life (Di.S.T.A.V.), University of Genova, Corso Europa 26, I-16132 Genova, Italy.
¹⁷Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
¹⁸Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
¹⁹James Cook University, One Health Research Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
²⁰Amphibian Evolution Lab, Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: an.martel{at}ugent.be

↵† These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science 31 Oct 2014:
Vol. 346, Issue 6209, pp. 630-631
DOI: 10.1126/science.1258268

A. Martel

1Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.

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For correspondence: an.martel@ugent.be

M. Blooi

1Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.

2Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Koningin Astridplein 26, Antwerp, Belgium.

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C. Adriaensen

1Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.

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P. Van Rooij

1Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.

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W. Beukema

3CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Vairão, Portugal.

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M. C. Fisher

4Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK.

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R. A. Farrer

5Genome Sequencing and Analysis Program, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.

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B. R. Schmidt

6Koordinationsstelle für amphibien- und reptilienschutz in der Schweiz (KARCH), Passage Maximilien-de-Meuron 6, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

7Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Zürich. Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.

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U. Tobler

6Koordinationsstelle für amphibien- und reptilienschutz in der Schweiz (KARCH), Passage Maximilien-de-Meuron 6, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

7Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Zürich. Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.

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K. Goka

8Invasive Alien Species Research Team, National Institute for Environment Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan.

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K. R. Lips

9Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

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C. Muletz

9Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

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K. R. Zamudio

10Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

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J. Bosch

11Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones cientificas (CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.

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S. Lötters

12Biogeography Department, Trier University, 54286 Trier, Germany.

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E. Wombwell

13Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Kent CT2 7NR, UK.

14Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY, UK.

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T. W. J. Garner

14Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY, UK.

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A. A. Cunningham

14Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY, UK.

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A. Spitzen-van der Sluijs

15Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Conservation the Netherlands (RAVON), Post Office Box 1413, 6501 BK Nijmegen, Netherlands.

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S. Salvidio

16Department of Earth Science, Environmental and Life (Di.S.T.A.V.), University of Genova, Corso Europa 26, I-16132 Genova, Italy.

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R. Ducatelle

1Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.

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K. Nishikawa

17Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

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T. T. Nguyen

18Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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J. E. Kolby

19James Cook University, One Health Research Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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I. Van Bocxlaer

20Amphibian Evolution Lab, Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

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F. Bossuyt

20Amphibian Evolution Lab, Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

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F. Pasmans

1Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.

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