The bacterially produced metabolite violacein is associated with survival of amphibians infected with a lethal fungus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6635-6638

  Becker, Matthew H ^a   Brucker, Robert M ^b   Schwantes, Christian R ^a   Harris, Reid N ^a   Minbiole, Kevin P C ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN POPULATION; AMPHIBIAN SPECIES; ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL METABOLITE; CONCENTRATION OF; MICROBIAL SPECIES;

BACTERIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METABOLISM; METABOLITES;

SKIN;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLACEIN;

AMPHIBIAN; FUNGAL DISEASE; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RISK; MUTUALISM; SKIN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; JANTHINOBACTERIUM LIVIDUM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; SALAMANDER;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; INDOLES; MYCOSES; OXALOBACTERACEAE; SKIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; JANTHINOBACTERIUM LIVIDUM; PLETHODON CINEREUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 70350475894     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01294-09     Document Type: Article

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