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Figure 2. Scanning electron micrograph of
digital skin of a wild frog (Litoria
lesueuri, from Queensland, Australia) that died of cutaneous
chytridiomycosis. Many cells within this area of the superficial layer
of the epidermis contain mature sporangia, and unopened discharge tubes are visible
protruding through infected cells. The skin was fixed in
2.5% glutaraldehyde, postfixed in 1% osmium
tetroxide, dehydrated, critical-point-dried, sputter coated
with gold, and examined with a JEOL JSM 840
scanning electron microscope at 5 kV. All specimens are
from animals that were naturally infected and died due
to chytridiomycosis in montane rain forest regions
of Panama and Australia. Bar = 5 µm. Photo courtesy of
L. Berger, reprinted with permission from A. Campbell (29).
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