Snake Fungal Disease and White-Nose Syndrome (IMAGE)

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Snake Fungal Disease and White-Nose Syndrome

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Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, a fungus that is afflicting snakes across the Midwest and Eastern US, shares many traits with Pseudogymnoascus destructans the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats, researchers report.

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Julie McMahon

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