Gut of Red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) may serve as a reservoir for an antifungal cutaneous bacterium

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-332

  Wiggins, Patrick J ^a   Smith, Jacob M ^a   Harris, Reid N ^a   Minbiole, Kevin P C ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; JANTHINOBACTERIUM LIVIDUM; PLETHODON CINEREUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 80053412447     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/10-231.1     Document Type: Article

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