Last updated on 23-11-2023 by Pierre Becker
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Résumé:
Bats can be affected by fungal pathogens such as Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative agent
of the white-nose syndrome. Their body surface can also be colonized by fungal commensals or carry
transient fungal species and participate in their dispersal. In this study, 114 bat specimens belonging
to seven species were sampled from various locations in northern Belgium. Culture-based methods
revealed an important mycological diversity, with a total of 209 different taxa out of the 418 isolates.
Overall, a mean of 3.7 taxa per bat was recorded, but significant differences were observ…