Amphibian symbiotic bacteria do not show a universal ability to inhibit growth of the global panzootic lineage of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3706-3711

  Antwis, Rachael E ^a,b,c   Preziosi, Richard F ^a   Harrison, Xavier A ^c   Garner, Trenton W J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; PATHOGENS;

BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS; POPULATION DECLINE; SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

BACTERIA;

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; SYMBIOSIS;

AMPHIBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84930031515     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00010-15     Document Type: Article

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