Skin bacteria provide early protection for newly metamorphosed southern leopard frogs (Rana sphenocephala) against the frog-killing fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Biological Conservation

Volumn 187, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-102

  Holden, Whitney M ^a   Hanlon, Shane M ^b   Woodhams, Douglas C ^c,e   Chappell, Timothy M ^d   Wells, Heather L ^d   Glisson, Samantha M ^d   McKenzie, Valerie J ^c   Knight, Rob ^c   Parris, Matthew J ^b   Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian skin microbiome; Antibiotic depletion; Antimicrobial peptides; Chytridiomycosis; Skin defenses; Southern leopard frogs

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; COLONIZATION; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SKIN; SURVIVORSHIP; SYMBIOSIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 84928785725     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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