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
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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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author Weitzman, Chava L.
Kaestli, Mirjam
Gibb, Karen
Brown, Gregory P.
Shine, Richard
Christian, Keith
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description 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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spelling pubmed-67112152019-09-04 Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia Weitzman, Chava L. Kaestli, Mirjam Gibb, Karen Brown, Gregory P. Shine, Richard Christian, Keith Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6711215/ /pubmed/31441753 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2509.190386 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Weitzman, Chava L.
Kaestli, Mirjam
Gibb, Karen
Brown, Gregory P.
Shine, Richard
Christian, Keith
Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia
title Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia
title_full Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia
title_fullStr Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia
title_short Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia
title_sort disease exposure and antifungal bacteria on skin of invasive cane toads, australia
topic Research Letter
url 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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