{"id":1580,"date":"2014-08-25T14:05:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T14:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2016-10-14T16:19:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T16:19:42","slug":"were-learning-more-about-the-fungus-that-causes-white-nose-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/were-learning-more-about-the-fungus-that-causes-white-nose-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Learning More About The Fungus That Causes White-nose Syndrome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1577\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture-477x640.jpg\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"477\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture-477x640.jpg 477w, https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[PHOTO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0104684\"><em>PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS DESTRUCTANS<\/em> ISOLATES FOLLOWING 28 DAYS OF INCUBATION<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>I recently had a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0104684\">paper published in a scientific journal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We showed that isolates of <em>Pseudogymnoascus destructan<\/em>s (the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats) from Canada are genetically identical to isolates from the United States. It is thought that <em>Pseudogymnoascus destructan<\/em>s is an introduced species from Europe and the lack of genetic variation in North America supports this hypothesis. We did find some minor genetic variation which likely reflects ongoing evolution and adaptation in this species as it spreads. <em>Pseudogymnoascus destructan<\/em>s was first observed in North America in 2006 and has spread hundreds of kilometers per year from the epicenter since then.<\/p>\n<p>While there was little genetic variation, we did find that our isolates varied quite a bit in other traits such as growth rate, pigment secretion, and the production of exudate (fluid). These traits may be associated with fitness and virulence in fungi. The variation we observed may reflect the adaptability of <em>Pseudogymnoascus destructan<\/em>s to variations in its environment. The more we learn about how <em>Pseudogymnoascus destructan<\/em>s survives in the wild, the more likely it is that we can find a way to defeat it. That would be good news indeed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">[PHOTO: PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS DESTRUCTANS ISOLATES FOLLOWING 28 DAYS OF INCUBATION] I recently had a paper published in a scientific journal. We showed that isolates of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (the fungus that causes&hellip;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[654,561,216,88,89],"class_list":["post-1580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-endangered-species","tag-help-the-bats","tag-isolates","tag-pseudogymnoascus-destructans","tag-white-nose-syndrome","tag-wns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1581,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions\/1581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}