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chytrid

American

[kahy-trid, ki-] / ˈkaɪ trɪd, ˈkɪ- /

noun

any of the simple, algaelike fungi constituting the class Chytridiomycetes, order Chytridiales, of aquatic and soil environments, having flagellated zoospores and little or no mycelium.

Etymology

Origin of chytrid

< New Latin Chytridiales, equivalent to Chytridi ( um ) the type genus (< Greek chytrídion, diminutive of chýtra pipkin) + -ales -ales

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The organism, named Algophthora mediterranea, is a microscopic chytrid fungus that can infect a wide variety of hosts.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

Another positive sign is that the surviving frogs in the wild in Dominica seem to have developed some type of resistance to the chytrid fungus, according to Mr Cunningham.

From BBC • May 11, 2024

Valerie J. McKenzie’s lab at the University of Colorado Boulder is using probiotics to try to save boreal toads from chytrid fungal disease.

From Scientific American • Dec. 27, 2022

Over the past 50 years, the lethal chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has caused population declines in hundreds of amphibian species, researchers estimate.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2022

The chytrid species Allomyces is well characterized as an experimental organism.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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