Thursday 11 January 2018

Lethal fungus that causes white-nose syndrome may have an Achilles' heel


Date:  January 2, 2018
Source:  USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station

Summary:
In the course of genomic analyses of the fungus behind white-nose-syndrome, a devastating disease that has killed millions of bats in North America, US Forest Service scientists discovered something very surprising: brief exposure to UV-light kills Pseudogymnoascus destructans.


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