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Chytridiomycosis is a fungal skin disease responsible for killing frogs.

Most tree frog extinction and endangerment is due to chytridiomycosis which is a disease caused by chytrid fungus.

Chytridiomycota cause chytridiomycosis in amphibians, a serious disease that has damaged amphibian populations across the globe. The species of chytridiomycota that causes disease in amphibians is Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Chitridiomycota also infect maize and corn, and the species Synchytrium endobioticumcauses disease in potatoes.

There is no official cure yet but scientists in New Zealand found that a simple bath in a solution containing the antibiotic Chloramphenicol eliminates the fungus effectively. This is unexpected since antibiotics of this kind do not have activity against fungus. See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7067613.stm