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From: Experimental inoculation trial to determine the effects of temperature and humidity on White-nose Syndrome in hibernating bats

Figure 4

Influence of temperature and humidity on maximum growth rate and latency of growth of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) estimated based on the total area of Pd fungal growth on media plates. Actual measurements (gray circles) are shown with mean and standard error (diamond with error bars) overlaid. (A) Maximum growth rate increased with temperature, and (B) latency of growth was significantly shorter at higher temperatures. (C) Maximum growth rate was highest at the highest humidity level (vapor pressure deficit at 0.05 kPa) but did not differ significantly from the lowest humidity level (Tukey’s pairwise comparison, P > 0.05), but (D) Latency was not significantly different among humidity treatments. Different letters denote that Tukey’s post hoc pair-wise comparisons were significantly different (α = 0.05).

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