Figure 1, bat culture
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A culture plate showing the growth of an actinobaterium cultured from a bat sampled in AZ. This could potentially lead to a treatment for white-nose syndrome using a naturally occuring bacteria in some bats. Photo by Shiloh Lueschow, permission given.
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White-nose syndrome (WNS) and/or Pseudogymnoascus destructans (P.d.), the causal agent, has spread westward across 26 states and 5 provinces within the eastern United States and Canada, respectively, over a short period of time. Since its discovery there has been a search to stop the spread of this disease that has killed millions of hibernating bats in its wake. Recent collaborative work by FORT...
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