Diversity of cutaneous bacteria with antifungal activity isolated from female four-toed salamanders

ISME Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-157

  Lauer, Antje ^a,b   Simon, Mary Alice ^a   Banning, Jenifer L ^a   Lam, Brianna A ^a   Harris, Reid N ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Bacteria; Epibiotic; Fungi; Pathogen; Salamander

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; RNA 16S;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOMUCOR; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYPOCREALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOMUCOR; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; HEMIDACTYLIUM; HEMIDACTYLIUM SCUTATUM; NECTRIA MARIANNAEAE; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR VARIABILIS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 38949203139     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.110     Document Type: Article

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