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DNA-based detection of the fungal pathogen Geomyces destructans in soils from bat hibernacula

Overview of attention for article published in Mycologia, January 2017
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Title
DNA-based detection of the fungal pathogen Geomyces destructans in soils from bat hibernacula
Published in
Mycologia, January 2017
DOI 10.3852/10-262
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Daniel L. Lindner, Andrea Gargas, Jeffrey M. Lorch, Mark T. Banik, Jessie Glaeser, Thomas H. Kunz, David S. Blehert

Abstract

White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emerging disease causing unprecedented morbidity and mortality among bats in eastern North America. The disease is characterized by cutaneous infection of hibernating bats by the psychrophilic fungus Geomyces destructans. Detection of G. destructans in environments occupied by bats will be critical for WNS surveillance, management and characterization of the fungal lifecycle. We initiated an rRNA gene region-based molecular survey to characterize the distribution of G. destructans in soil samples collected from bat hibernacula in the eastern United States with an existing PCR test. Although this test did not specifically detect G. destructans in soil samples based on a presence/absence metric, it did favor amplification of DNA from putative Geomyces species. Cloning and sequencing of PCR products amplified from 24 soil samples revealed 74 unique sequence variants representing 12 clades. Clones with exact sequence matches to G. destructans were identified in three of 19 soil samples from hibernacula in states where WNS is known to occur. Geomyces destructans was not identified in an additional five samples collected outside the region where WNS has been documented. This study highlights the diversity of putative Geomyces spp. in soil from bat hibernacula and indicates that further research is needed to better define the taxonomy of this genus and to develop enhanced diagnostic tests for rapid and specific detection of G. destructans in environmental samples.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 11 7%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Hungary 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 132 90%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 34 23%
Student > Master 25 17%
Student > Bachelor 20 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 14%
Other 13 9%
Other 24 16%
Unknown 11 7%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 95 65%
Environmental Science 18 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 5%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 6 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 2%
Other 5 3%
Unknown 13 9%
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Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 November 2011.
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#7,454,066
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Outputs from Mycologia
#433
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#141,335
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Outputs of similar age from Mycologia
#147
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