Managing Amphibian Disease with Skin Microbiota

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 161-164

  Woodhams, Douglas C ^a   Bletz, Molly ^b   Kueneman, Jordan ^c   McKenzie, Valerie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Bioaugmentation; Conservation; Disease ecology; Metamorphosis; Probiotics; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BACTERIOCIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMPHIBIAN DISEASE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; GENOTYPE; HOST; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLORA; SYMBIONT; ZOONOSIS; ZOOSPORE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; SKIN;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROBIOTA; PROBIOTICS; SKIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84958686477     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.12.010     Document Type: Note

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