Defensive symbioses of animals with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms
LV Flórez, PHW Biedermann, T Engl… - Natural Product …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: through 2014 Many organisms team up with microbes for defense against
predators, parasites, parasitoids, or pathogens. Here we review the described protective …
predators, parasites, parasitoids, or pathogens. Here we review the described protective …
Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis with bioaugmentation: characteristics of effective probiotics and strategies for their selection and use
Probiotic therapy through bioaugmentation is a feasible disease mitigation strategy based
on growing evidence that microbes contribute to host defences of plants and animals …
on growing evidence that microbes contribute to host defences of plants and animals …
Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus
Emerging infectious diseases threaten human and wildlife populations. Altered ecological
interactions between mutualistic microbes and hosts can result in disease, but an …
interactions between mutualistic microbes and hosts can result in disease, but an …
Amphibian chytridiomycosis outbreak dynamics are linked with host skin bacterial community structure
Host-associated microbes are vital for combatting infections and maintaining health. In
amphibians, certain skin-associated bacteria inhibit the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium …
amphibians, certain skin-associated bacteria inhibit the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium …
Amphibian Chemical Defense: Antifungal Metabolites of the Microsymbiont Janthinobacterium lividum on the Salamander Plethodon cinereus
Disease has spurred declines in global amphibian populations. In particular, the fungal
pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has decimated amphibian diversity in some areas …
pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has decimated amphibian diversity in some areas …
The amphibian microbiome: natural range of variation, pathogenic dysbiosis, and role in conservation
RR Jiménez, S Sommer - Biodiversity and conservation, 2017 - Springer
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 …
sequencing (NGS) has identified that resident microbiota play an essential role in disease …
The amphibian skin microbiome and its protective role against chytridiomycosis
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 …
last two decades and the evidence regarding the protective role of skin bacteria. Amphibians …
The importance of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in amphibian skin defense
LA Rollins-Smith - Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are produced for defense in nearly all taxa from simple
bacteria to complex mammalian species. Some amphibian families have developed this …
bacteria to complex mammalian species. Some amphibian families have developed this …
Skin bacterial diversity of Panamanian frogs is associated with host susceptibility and presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Symbiotic bacteria on amphibian skin can inhibit growth of the fungus Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd) that has caused dramatic population declines and extinctions of …
dendrobatidis (Bd) that has caused dramatic population declines and extinctions of …
Composition of symbiotic bacteria predicts survival in Panamanian golden frogs infected with a lethal fungus
Symbiotic microbes can dramatically impact host health and fitness, and recent research in a
diversity of systems suggests that different symbiont community structures may result in …
diversity of systems suggests that different symbiont community structures may result in …