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SUBMITTER: Bates KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5814395 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bates Kieran A KA Clare Frances C FC O'Hanlon Simon S Bosch Jaime J Brookes Lola L Hopkins Kevin K McLaughlin Emilia J EJ Daniel Olivia O Garner Trenton W J TWJ Fisher Matthew C MC Harrison Xavier A XA
Nature communications 20180215 1
Host-associated microbes are vital for combatting infections and maintaining health. In amphibians, certain skin-associated bacteria inhibit the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), yet our understanding of host microbial ecology and its role in disease outbreaks is limited. We sampled skin-associated bacteria and Bd from Pyrenean midwife toad populations exhibiting enzootic or epizootic disease dynamics. We demonstrate that bacterial communities differ between life stages with f ...[more]