Bat white-nose syndrome: a real-time TaqMan polymerase chain reaction test targeting the intergenic spacer region of Geomyces destructans

作者: Laura K. Muller , Jeffrey M. Lorch , Daniel L. Lindner , Michael O’Connor , Andrea Gargas

DOI: 10.3852/12-242

关键词: Polymerase chain reactionBiologyGeneticsReal-time polymerase chain reactionIntergenic regionGeomycesVirologyTaqManPseudogymnoascus destructansFungal geneticsgenomic DNA

摘要: The fungus Geomyces destructans is the causative agent of white-nose syndrome (WNS), a disease that has killed millions of North American hibernating bats. We describe a real-time …

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