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Caption: The skin fungus that has laid waste to amphibian populations around the world does its damage by hindering the flow of sodium and other electrolytes across the skin, leading to heart failure, new research suggests. The skin disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is believed to be one of the major causes of the global amphibian declines that have been underway in recent years.
Credit: Jamie Voyles, Alex Hyatt and Frank Fillipi.
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