Community Structure and Function of Amphibian Skin Microbes: An Experiment with Bullfrogs Exposed to a Chytrid Fungus

The vertebrate microbiome contributes to disease resistance, but few experiments have examined the link between microbiome community structure and disease resistance functions. Chytridiomycosis, a major cause of amphibian population declines, is a skin disease caused by the fungus, Batrachochytrium...

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Autores principales: Walke, Jenifer B., Becker, Matthew H., Loftus, Stephen C., House, Leanna L., Teotonio, Thais L., Minbiole, Kevin P. C., Belden, Lisa K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4596541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139848

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4596541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139848

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