Variation among animals in their host-associated microbial communities is increasingly
recognized as a key determinant of important life history traits including growth, metabolism …

The emerging fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) is responsible
for the catastrophic decline of European salamanders and poses a threat to amphibians …

Red ginseng, widely used in traditional medicine for various conditions, imparts health
benefits mainly by modulating the gut microbiota in humans. Given the similarities in gut …

The emerging fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), is a significant
conservation threat to salamander biodiversity in Europe, although its potential to affect …

Ranaviruses are responsible for a lethal, emerging infectious disease in amphibians and
threaten their populations throughout the world. Despite this, little is known about how …

There is growing appreciation of the important role of commensal microbes in ensuring the
normal function and health of their hosts, including determining how hosts respond to …

There is increasing recognition that microbiomes are important for host health and ecology,
and understanding host microbiomes is important for planning appropriate conservation …

Biological invasions are on the rise, with each invader carrying a plethora of associated
microbes. These microbes play important, yet poorly understood, ecological roles that can …

The gut microbiota of vertebrates is malleable and may be shaped by both intrinsic and
extrinsic factors. Here, the effect that geography has on the cloacal microbiota of two species …

Background Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth leading cause of death from neoplasms in
women and is caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). Several methods have been …