|
Prof Sheena Cruickshank@sheencr.bsky.social |
This is so cool! Frog & amphibian have been dessimated by the disease chytridiomycosis, caused by a fungal pathogen. Researchers have realised that the fungi is heat intolerant so little brick saunas for frogs can help kill the fungi! Recovered frogs more resistant to further infxn 🧪
10 replies 161 reposts 390 likes
|
Dapper Dan Man
@dantilert.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I did click the link but from what I was able to read for free I wasn't able to find out whether the frogs visited the saunas spontaneously or if they had to be placed there. Did you see whether that's expanded upon?
1 replies 0 reposts 0 likes
|
|
Prof Sheena Cruickshank
@sheencr.bsky.social
[ View ] |
And apologies for decimated typo- phone did a thing
1 replies 0 reposts 7 likes
|
Frank
@frankhopper.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Please use a towel. No petting.
0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes
|
Monica H Green
@monicamedhist.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Thanks so much for sharing this. It comes two weeks after another study announcing the possibility that fungi can, in fact, adapt to higher temperatures in mammals: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... See also this interview w/ Casadevall on his new book: www.theguardian.com/science/arti... 🧪
2 replies 4 reposts 16 likes
|
Philip the Italic
@fernmonkey.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Oh to be a little frog having a health-giving spa treatment
0 replies 1 reposts 5 likes
|
Mark C Norwich
@markcnorwich.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I'm sorry, I can't help it, the proof reader in me has to point out that it's decimated.
1 replies 0 reposts 0 likes
|
Dr Seán DOOLAN
@sdinpraxis.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I'm now off to learn about brick saunas 😄
0 replies 0 reposts 2 likes
|
Peter Kenny
@pwk2024.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Love this and I presume Finnish frogs emerge from the sauna periodically to thrash each other vigorously with birch twigs
1 replies 0 reposts 9 likes
|
christoph_STCmicrobeblog
@christophstc.bsky.social
[ View ] |
(decimated)
1 replies 0 reposts 0 likes