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Thursday, September 15, 2005

Amphibian killing fungus 'in UK'











A fungus that is deadly to many species of amphibians has been found in wild animals in the UK for the first time. Chytrid fungus is a major contributor to the decline of amphibian populations around the world and may have already made one species extinct. Its presence was detected in a colony of American bullfrogs that had set up home in a lake in South-East England.

Read the full story at BBC News...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4249136.stm

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