The management of bacterial infections is becoming a major clinical challenge due to the
rapid evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria. As an excellent candidate to overcome …

The skin constitutes the primary physical barrier between vertebrates and their external
environment. Characterization of skin microorganisms is essential for understanding how a …

The COVID-19 pandemic has evidenced the urgent need for the discovery of broad-
spectrum antiviral therapies that could be deployed in the case of future emergence of novel …

Here we review the knowledge about skin microbiomes in amphibians accumulated over the
last two decades and the evidence regarding the protective role of skin bacteria. Amphibians …

The problem of drug resistance is very worrying and ever increasing. Resistance is due not
only to the reckless use of antibiotics but also to the fact that pathogens are able to adapt to …

Mucosal defenses are crucial in animals for protection against pathogens and predators.
Host defense peptides (antimicrobial peptides, AMPs) as well as skin-associated microbes …

Just over a million people died globally in 2019 due to antibiotic resistance caused by
ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella …

The skin is a barrier between the internal and external environment of an organism.
Depending on the species, it participates in multiple functions. The skin is the organ that …

The microbiome is known to provide benefits to hosts, including extension of immune
function. Amphibians are a powerful immunological model for examining mucosal defenses …

Anthropogenic habitat disturbance is fundamentally altering patterns of disease
transmission and immunity across the vertebrate tree of life. Most studies linking …