Other Animal Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
A deadly fungal infection afflicting snakes is eerily similar to the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome [WNS] in bats, researchers report.
Although _Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola_ (the snake fungus) and _Pseudogymnoascus destructans_ (the bat fungus) inhabit different ecological niches and thrive at different temperature and humidity ranges, the fungi share basic traits that allow them to persist across a range of habitats and infect multiple species, the researchers report in the journal
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