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. 2015 Nov 25;46:137. doi: 10.1186/s13567-015-0266-0

Fig. 9.

Fig. 9

Infection cycle of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a susceptible host. The endobiotic lifecycle includes successively germ tube mediated invasion, establishment of intracellular thalli, spread to the deeper skin layers, upward migration by the differentiating epidermal cell to finally release zoospores at the skin surface