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Going bananas may save bats from killer fungus

June 4, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Rhodococcus rhodochrous has killed 5.7 million bats HANNIBAL, Missouri––Going bananas may save North American bats from white nose syndrome, a fungal disease known to have killed 5.7 million bats since arriving from Europe circa 2006. More precisely, researchers studying a common bacterium that delays the ripening of bananas have discovered that it also kills fungi […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Other animals & science topics, Other species, Science, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Chow, Chris Cornelison, Daniel Lindner, Juang-Horng Chang, Katie Gillies, Matt Miller, Merritt Clifton, Michelle Verant, Paul Moosman Jr., Sebastien Puechmaille

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