Stability of microbiota facilitated by host immune regulation: informing probiotic strategies to manage amphibian disease

D Küng, L Bigler, LR Davis, B Gratwicke, E Griffith… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
… We found that skin microbiota of C. panamansis was resistant to colonization and did not …
The discovery of strong colonization resistance of skin microbiota suggests a well-regulated, …

Skin ulcers and microbiota in Rana dybowskii: Uncovering the role of the gut-skin axis in amphibian health

D Zhu, W Dong, X Long, X Yang, X Han, Y Kou, Q Tong - Aquaculture, 2024 - Elsevier
… of amphibian skin microbiota diversity in health and disease resistance, emphasizing its
potential for improving biological health and assessing and enhancing amphibian conservation …

Amphibian host and skin microbiota response to a common agricultural antimicrobial and internal parasite

O Hernández-Gómez, V Wuerthner, J Hua - Microbial ecology, 2020 - Springer
… Our results demonstrate a complex response of the amphibian skin microbiota to a common
parasite and contaminant. Given the diversity of anthropogenic and natural stressors facing …

Disruption of skin microbiota contributes to salamander disease

MC Bletz, M Kelly, J Sabino-Pinto… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… in the human gut microbiome have been found to be a fundamental driver of disease [49].
Amphibian skin microbiota are known to produce antifungal compounds [50] which can inhibit …

Invasive vegetation affects amphibian skin microbiota and body condition

O Hernández-Gómez, AQ Byrne, AR Gunderson… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
… chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which causes the lethal amphibian disease
chytridiomycosis. Our results illustrate a decline in the richness of skin associated microbiota

Characterization of the skin microbiota in Italian stream frogs (Rana italica) infected and uninfected by a cutaneous parasitic disease

E Federici, R Rossi, L Fidati, R Paracucchi… - Microbes and …, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… of amphibians to diseases. The activity of the skin microbiota of amphibians against fungal
… role towards the cutaneous infectious diseases caused by Amphibiocystidium parasites has …

Managing amphibian disease with skin microbiota

DC Woodhams, M Bletz, J Kueneman… - Trends in microbiology, 2016 - cell.com
… of disease reservoirs (eg, Bd-tolerant, invasive amphibians), … are not effectual in amphibian
wetland habitats, particularly in … right on the amphibiansskin as symbiotic microbiota, that are …

Outbreaks of an emerging viral disease covary with differences in the composition of the skin microbiome of a wild United Kingdom amphibian

LJ Campbell, TWJ Garner, K Hopkins… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
… At the individual level, neither age, body length, nor sex of the frog could predict the structure
of the skin microbiota. Our data potentially support the hypothesis that variation among …

Frog skin microbiota vary with host species and environment but not chytrid infection

A Kruger - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… Describing the structure and function of the amphibian cutaneous microbiome has gained …
can cause the skin disease chytridiomycosis. Sampling amphibian skin microbiota is needed …

The amphibian skin microbiome and its protective role against chytridiomycosis

EA Rebollar, E Martínez-Ugalde, AH Orta - Herpetologica, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
… Studies evaluating the influence of climatic factors on skin microbiota in amphibians have
shown that changes in precipitation and temperature over time are correlated with changes in …