Phenotype profiling of white-nose syndrome pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans and closely-related Pseudogymnoascus pannorum reveals metabolic differences underlying fungal lifestyles [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Background: Pseudogymnoascus destructans, a psychrophile, causes bat white-nose syndrome (WNS). Pseudogymnoascus pannorum, a closely related fungus, causes human and canine diseases rarely. Both pathogens were reported from the same mines and caves in the United States, but only P. destructans cause...
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F1000 Research Ltd
2018-05-01
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| Series: | F1000Research |
| Online Access: | https://f1000research.com/articles/7-665/v1 |