| a pathogenic skin fungus and sloughing exacerbate cutaneous water loss in amphibians. | batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd) is a pathogenic fungus that causes the cutaneous, infectious disease chytridiomycosis and has been implicated in population declines of numerous anuran species worldwide. proximate cause of death by chytridiomycosis is asystolic cardiac arrest as a consequence of severe disruption to electrolyte balance. animals heavily infected with bd also experience a disruption to their skin sloughing regime, indicating that core functions of the skin, such as water retent ... | 2018 | 29752415 |