Deadly to amphibians, a fungal strain emerged in Brazil and spread around the world (IMAGE)

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Deadly to amphibians, a fungal strain emerged in Brazil and spread around the world

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Bullfrog (Aquarana catesbeiana), an exotic species commercially bred in Brazil since the 1930s and associated with the global spread of the chytrid fungal strain 

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Fernando Klint

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