Bacteria inhibit bat-killing fungus, could combat white-nose syndrome
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
Bacteria found naturally on some bats may prove useful in controlling the deadly fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome, which has devastated bat populations throughout eastern North America and continues to spread across the continent. Scientists isolated bacteria that strongly inhibited the growth of the white-nose syndrome fungus in laboratory tests.