2011
DOI: 10.1258/la.2010.010101
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Using amphibians in laboratory studies: precautions against the emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis

Abstract: The African clawed frog Xenopus laevis is by far the most widely used amphibian species in laboratories. In the wild, X. laevis is an asymptomatic carrier of an emerging infectious disease called chytridiomycosis. The vector is the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which has devastating effects on wild amphibian populations around the world. The impact of Bd on the metabolism of X. laevis has not been comprehended yet. However, even if asymptomatic, an infection is likely to affect the indivi… Show more

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“…Thalli apical segments similar in length to other segments; vent ral scales with 1-2 triangular to widely triangular, hyaline to rose, pink or violet appendages, appendage length/width ra tio 1.5-2 [the species is recorded from adjacent areas in China and Japan (Bischler 1979, Piippo 1990, Katagiri & Furuki 2012 Description ( Fig. 1): Thalli small-to medium-sized, 5-15 (-24) mm long, 2-4 (-6) mm wide, forming more or less pure mats; dichotomously branched, rarely with ventral in no vations; segments oblong; apical segments frequently 2-4 times shorter than other segments; apex notched; upper surface not reticulate, flat, sometimes slightly concave; up per surface yellowish-green to olive-green or strongly yel lowish, sometimes with red-brown secondary pigmen tation; thallus margins undulate to crispate, strongly incur ved when dry; purplish to red-brown tinged.…”
Section: Plagiochasmamentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Thalli apical segments similar in length to other segments; vent ral scales with 1-2 triangular to widely triangular, hyaline to rose, pink or violet appendages, appendage length/width ra tio 1.5-2 [the species is recorded from adjacent areas in China and Japan (Bischler 1979, Piippo 1990, Katagiri & Furuki 2012 Description ( Fig. 1): Thalli small-to medium-sized, 5-15 (-24) mm long, 2-4 (-6) mm wide, forming more or less pure mats; dichotomously branched, rarely with ventral in no vations; segments oblong; apical segments frequently 2-4 times shorter than other segments; apex notched; upper surface not reticulate, flat, sometimes slightly concave; up per surface yellowish-green to olive-green or strongly yel lowish, sometimes with red-brown secondary pigmen tation; thallus margins undulate to crispate, strongly incur ved when dry; purplish to red-brown tinged.…”
Section: Plagiochasmamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Distribution: The area of the species covers Southern (In dia, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan), South-Eastern (Philipines) and Eastern (China, Japan, Taiwan, Republic of Korea and Asi an part of Russia) Asia (Bischler 1979, Piippo 1990, Yama da & Choe 1997, Long 2006, Piippo & Koponen 2013, Katagiri & Furuki 2012, Singh & Singh 2009, Kon stantinova, Bakalin et al 2009). Kamimura (1939) recorded Plagiochasma intermedium Lin denb.…”
Section: Plagiochasmamentioning
confidence: 99%
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