| diversity of the type 1 intron-its region of the 18s rrna gene in pseudogymnoascus species from the red hills of kansas. | gypsum caves found throughout the red hills of kansas have the state's most diverse and largest population of cave-roosting bats. white-nose syndrome (wns), a disease caused by the fungus pseudogymnoascus destructans, which threatens all temperate bat species, has not been previously detected in the gypsum caves as this disease moves westward from the eastern united states. cave soil was obtained from the gypsum caves, and using the polymerase chain reaction, a 624-nucleotide dna fragment specif ... | 2016 | 27691955 |