Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia

Cane toads, an invasive species in Australia, are resistant to fungal pathogens affecting frogs worldwide (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). From toad skin swabs, we detected higher proportions of bacteria with antifungal properties in Queensland, where toad and pathogen distributions overlap, than i...

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Autores principales: Weitzman, Chava L., Kaestli, Mirjam, Gibb, Karen, Brown, Gregory P., Shine, Richard, Christian, Keith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6711215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31441753
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2509.190386
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Sumario:Cane toads, an invasive species in Australia, are resistant to fungal pathogens affecting frogs worldwide (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). From toad skin swabs, we detected higher proportions of bacteria with antifungal properties in Queensland, where toad and pathogen distributions overlap, than in other sites. This finding suggests that site-specific pathogen pressures help shape skin microbial communities.

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