Figure 15.11 Testing North American versus European strains of white-nose fungus. Bats exposed to the control treatment did not die. In contrast, bats exposed to the North American fungus strain or the European fungus strain died in large numbers. However, bats died faster when exposed to the European strain than the American strain.

Data from L. Wernicke et al., Inoculation of bats with European Geomyces destructans supports the novel pathogen hypothesis for the origin of white-nose syndrome, PNAS 109 (2012): 6999–7003.