Question

Bats eat insects that damage crops and are vectors for disease. While bats hibernate during the winter months, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS) covers the bat's face and wings. WNS has a 100% mortality rate. What is the relationship between bats and the fungus that causes WNS?PredationCommensalismParasitismMutualism

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Parasitic fungi live or colonize animals, plants, or other organisms on which they cause disease and even death or simply live at their expense.

Pseudogymnoascus destructans is a fungus known to cause white-nose syndrome (WNS), an infectious disease of bats. It is transmitted by direct contact between bats or with a contaminated environment. In fact, Pseudogymnoascus destructans invade and ingests the skin of hibernating bats, including their wings. This type of fungus is an ectoparasite. Ectoparasites are pathogens that generally infect only the superficial layers of the skin.

we can conclude that the correct answer is:

Answer:Parasitism