Composition of symbiotic bacteria predicts survival in Panamanian golden frogs infected with a lethal fungus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1805, 2015, Pages

  Becker, Matthew H ^a,c   Walke, Jenifer B ^a   Cikanek, Shawna ^b   Savage, Anna E ^c   Mattheus, Nichole ^c   Santiago, Celina N ^d   Minbiole, Kevin P C ^d   Harris, Reid N ^e   Belden, Lisa K ^a   Gratwicke, Brian ^c  

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

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Chytrid fungus; Disease; Microbiome; Probiotics; Skin bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE TREATMENT; FITNESS; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SURVIVAL;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AMPHIBIA; ATELOPUS ZETEKI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANA AURANTIACA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BUFONIDAE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUFONIDAE; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84925307993     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2881     Document Type: Article

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