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Growth Characteristics and Enzyme Activity in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Isolates

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Title
Growth Characteristics and Enzyme Activity in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Isolates
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Mycopathologia, June 2008
DOI 10.1007/s11046-008-9135-y
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Authors

E. Pearl Symonds, Darren J. Trott, Philip S. Bird, Paul Mills

Abstract

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a member of the phylum Chytridiomycota and the causative organism chytridiomycosis, a disease of amphibians associated with global population declines and mass mortality events. The organism targets keratin-forming epithelium in adult and larval amphibians, which suggests that keratinolytic activity may be required to infect amphibian hosts. To investigate this hypothesis, we tested 10 isolates of B. dendrobatidis for their ability to grow on a range of keratin-supplemented agars and measured keratolytic enzyme activity using a commercially available kit (bioMerieux API ZYM). The most dense and fastest growth of isolates were recorded on tryptone agar, followed by growth on frog skin agar and the slowest growth recorded on feather meal and boiled snake skin agar. Growth patterns were distinctive for each nutrient source. All 10 isolates were strongly positive for a range of proteolytic enzymes which may be keratinolytic, including trypsin and chymotrypsin. These findings support the predilection of B. dendrobatidis for amphibian skin.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 4%
France 1 1%
Brazil 1 1%
Unknown 87 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 22 24%
Student > Bachelor 22 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 15%
Student > Master 10 11%
Other 4 4%
Other 11 12%
Unknown 10 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 48 52%
Environmental Science 8 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 4%
Other 6 6%
Unknown 14 15%
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