Addition of antifungal skin bacteria to salamanders ameliorates the effects of chytridiomycosis

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  Harris, Reid N ^a   Lauer, Antje ^a,c   Simon, Mary Alice ^a,d   Banning, Jenifer L ^a,e   Alford, Ross A ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytnum dendrobatidis; Beneficial bacteria; Chytridiomycosis; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIBIONT; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; INHIBITION; POPULATION DECLINE; PROBIOTICS; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MYCOSES; PSEUDOMONAS; SKIN; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PLETHODON CINEREUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 61349101872     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02004     Document Type: Article

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