Recent research in humans, livestock, and wildlife using high-throughput next-generation
sequencing (NGS) has identified that resident microbiota play an essential role in disease …

Microorganisms are increasingly recognized as ecosystem-relevant components because
they affect the population dynamics of hosts. Functioning at the interface of the host and …

This review summarizes the role of environmental factors on amphibian microbiotas at the
organismal, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. At the organismal …

Research on the amphibian skin microbiota has focused on identifying bacterial taxa that
deter a pathogenic chytrid fungus, and on describing patterns of microbiota variation …

Forest fires can threaten amphibians because ash-associated contaminants transported by
post-fire runoff impact both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Still, the effects of these …

At least 32% of amphibian species are threatened or extinct (Stuart et al., 2004; IUNC,
2017). Amphibians are thought to be especially sensitive to a milieu of stressors because …

One current challenge in microbial ecology is elucidating the functional roles of the large
diversity of free-living and host-associated bacteria identified by culture-independent …

Environmental contamination influences the diversity of the resident skin microbial
community of amphibians, ultimately affecting the individual's immune system. Wildfires are …

Amphibians host diverse skin bacteria that have a role in pathogen defense, but these skin
communities could change over time and impact this function. Here, we monitored individual …

Climate change and human activities escalate the frequency and intensity of wildfires,
threatening amphibian habitats and survival; yet, research on these impacts remains limited …