The amphibian microbiome: natural range of variation, pathogenic dysbiosis, and role in conservation

Direct and Indirect Horizontal Transmission of the Antifungal Probiotic Bacterium Janthinobacterium lividum on Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans) Tadpoles

(2016) Eria A. Rebollar et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Short-Term Exposure to Coal Combustion Waste Has Little Impact on the Skin Microbiome of Adult Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer)

(2016) Myra C. Hughey et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Landscape and water characteristics correlate with immune defense traits across Blanchard's cricket frog ( Acris blanchardi ) populations

(2016) Katherine L. Krynak et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Changes of diet and dominant intestinal microbes in farmland frogs

(2016) Chun-Wen Chang et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Signaling in Host-Associated Microbial Communities

(2016) Michael A. Fischbach et al.   CELL

Amphibian Decline and Conservation in Central America

(2016) Steven M. Whitfield et al.   COPEIA

Effects of environmental temperature on the gut microbial communities of tadpoles

(2016) Kevin D. Kohl et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Skin bacterial diversity of Panamanian frogs is associated with host susceptibility and presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2016) Eria A Rebollar et al.   ISME Journal

Dietary Carotenoid Supplementation Enhances the Cutaneous Bacterial Communities of the Critically Endangered Southern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree)

(2016) Casey L. Edwards et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Composition of the Cutaneous Bacterial Community in Japanese Amphibians: Effects of Captivity, Host Species, and Body Region

(2016) Joana Sabino-Pinto et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Gut bacterial communities across tadpole ecomorphs in two diverse tropical anuran faunas

(2016) Miguel Vences et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Probiotic treatment restores protection against lethal fungal infection lost during amphibian captivity

(2016) Jordan G. Kueneman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Long-term effect of heavy-metal pollution on diversity of gastrointestinal microbial community of Bufo raddei

(2016) Wenya Zhang et al.   TOXICOLOGY LETTERS

Managing Amphibian Disease with Skin Microbiota

(2016) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Vertebrate Hosts as Islands: Dynamics of Selection, Immigration, Loss, Persistence, and Potential Function of Bacteria on Salamander Skin

(2016) Andrew H. Loudon et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Using “Omics” and Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches to Guide Probiotic Selection to Mitigate Chytridiomycosis and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases

(2016) Eria A. Rebollar et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Microbiome of Animals: Implications for Conservation Biology

(2016) Simon Bahrndorff et al.   International Journal of Genomics

Gut bacterial communities across tadpole ecomorphs in two diverse tropical anuran faunas

(2016) Miguel Vences et al.   Science of Nature

Developments in amphibian captive breeding and reintroduction programs

(2015) Gemma Harding et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens

(2015) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   ECOLOGY

Larval exposure to polychlorinated biphenyl 126 (PCB-126) causes persistent alteration of the amphibian gut microbiota

(2015) Kevin D. Kohl et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Inhibitory bacteria reduce fungi on early life stages of endangered Colorado boreal toads (Anaxyrus boreas)

(2015) Jordan G Kueneman et al.   ISME Journal

Microbiome and pediatric atopic dermatitis

(2015) Claire E. Powers et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Characterization of the Skin Microbiota in Italian Stream Frogs (Rana italica) Infected and Uninfected by a Cutaneous Parasitic Disease

(2015) Ermanno Federici et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Microbiome Variation Across Amphibian Skin Regions: Implications for Chytridiomycosis Mitigation Efforts

(2015) Arnaud Bataille et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Phylogenetic distribution of symbiotic bacteria from Panamanian amphibians that inhibit growth of the lethal fungal pathogenBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2015) Matthew H. Becker et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Shifts in the gut microbiome observed in wildlife faecal samples exposed to natural weather conditions: lessons from time-series analyses using next-generation sequencing for application in field studies

(2015) Sebastian Menke et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Phyllostomid bat microbiome composition is associated to host phylogeny and feeding strategies

(2015) Mario Carrillo-Araujo et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Panamanian frog species host unique skin bacterial communities

(2015) Lisa K. Belden et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbiota and Mucosal Immunity in Amphibians

(2015) Bruno M. Colombo et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

The Tasmanian devil microbiome—implications for conservation and management

(2015) Yuanyuan Cheng et al.   Microbiome

Seasonal and ontogenetic variation of skin microbial communities and relationships to natural disease dynamics in declining amphibians

(2015) Ana V. Longo et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Larval Environment Alters Amphibian Immune Defenses Differentially across Life Stages and Populations

(2015) Katherine L. Krynak et al.   PLoS One

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

(2015) Jenifer B. Walke et al.   PLoS One

Rapidly expanding knowledge on the role of the gut microbiome in health and disease

(2014) M.C. Cénit et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE

The effect of captivity on the cutaneous bacterial community of the critically endangered Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki)

(2014) Matthew H. Becker et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Similarity and differentiation between bacteria associated with skin of salamanders (Plethodon jordani) and free-living assemblages

(2014) Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Unique and shared responses of the gut microbiota to prolonged fasting: a comparative study across five classes of vertebrate hosts

(2014) Kevin D. Kohl et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Amphibian skin may select for rare environmental microbes

(2014) Jenifer B Walke et al.   ISME Journal

Gut microbiota–generated metabolites in animal health and disease

(2014) Won-Jae Lee et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Ex situ Diet Influences the Bacterial Community Associated with the Skin of Red-Eyed Tree Frogs (Agalychnis callidryas)

(2014) Rachael E. Antwis et al.   PLoS One

Interacting Symbionts and Immunity in the Amphibian Skin Mucosome Predict Disease Risk and Probiotic Effectiveness

(2014) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   PLoS One

Impact of Plant Cover on Fitness and Behavioural Traits of Captive Red-Eyed Tree Frogs (Agalychnis callidryas)

(2014) Christopher J. Michaels et al.   PLoS One

The pathogenBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisdisturbs the frog skin microbiome during a natural epidemic and experimental infection

(2014) Andrea J. Jani et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The microbiome of New World vultures

(2014) Michael Roggenbuck et al.   Nature Communications

Interactions between amphibians' symbiotic bacteria cause the production of emergent anti-fungal metabolites

(2014) Andrew H. Loudon et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Oligotyping reveals differences between gut microbiomes of free-ranging sympatric Namibian carnivores (Acinonyx jubatus, Canis mesomelas) on a bacterial species-like level

(2014) Sebastian Menke et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Captivity results in disparate loss of gut microbial diversity in closely related hosts

(2014) K. D. Kohl et al.   Conservation Physiology

Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis with bioaugmentation: characteristics of effective probiotics and strategies for their selection and use

(2013) Molly C. Bletz et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Microbial community dynamics and effect of environmental microbial reservoirs on red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)

(2013) Andrew H Loudon et al.   ISME Journal

Habitat degradation impacts black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) gastrointestinal microbiomes

(2013) Katherine R Amato et al.   ISME Journal

The amphibian skin-associated microbiome across species, space and life history stages

(2013) Jordan G. Kueneman et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The gut microbiota — masters of host development and physiology

(2013) Felix Sommer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

(2013) Margaret McFall-Ngai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Restructuring of the amphibian gut microbiota through metamorphosis

(2013) Kevin D. Kohl et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Conservation and the Microbiome

(2012) Kent H. Redford et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Ancient T-independence of mucosal IgX/A: gut microbiota unaffected by larval thymectomy in Xenopus laevis

(2012) S Mashoof et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

(2012) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   NATURE

Defining the human microbiome

(2012) Luke K Ursell et al.   NUTRITION REVIEWS

Surviving Chytridiomycosis: Differential Anti-Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Activity in Bacterial Isolates from Three Lowland Species of Atelopus

(2012) Sandra V. Flechas et al.   PLoS One

Chapter 12: Human Microbiome Analysis

(2012) Xochitl C. Morgan et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

The complexity of amphibian population declines: understanding the role of cofactors in driving amphibian losses

(2011) Andrew R. Blaustein et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Social Immunity in Amphibians: Evidence for Vertical Transmission of Innate Defenses

(2011) Jenifer B. Walke et al.   BIOTROPICA

Mitigating amphibian disease: strategies to maintain wild populations and control chytridiomycosis

(2011) Douglas C Woodhams et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Co-habiting amphibian species harbor unique skin bacterial communities in wild populations

(2011) Valerie J McKenzie et al.   ISME Journal

The skin microbiome

(2011) Elizabeth A. Grice et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Unravelling the effects of the environment and host genotype on the gut microbiome

(2011) Aymé Spor et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Normal gut microbiota modulates brain development and behavior

(2011) R. D. Heijtz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gut microbiome-host interactions in health and disease

(2011) James M Kinross et al.   Genome Medicine

UniFrac: an effective distance metric for microbial community comparison

(2010) Catherine Lozupone et al.   ISME Journal

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

Characterization of the Fecal Microbiome from Non-Human Wild Primates Reveals Species Specific Microbial Communities

(2010) Suleyman Yildirim et al.   PLoS One

Minimizing genetic adaptation in captive breeding programs: A review

(2009) Sara E. Williams et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Proportion of individuals with anti- Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis skin bacteria is associated with population persistence in the frog Rana muscosa

(2009) Brianna A. Lam et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus

(2009) Reid N Harris et al.   ISME Journal

The core gut microbiome, energy balance and obesity

(2009) Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Captive Breeding, Reintroduction, and the Conservation of Amphibians

(2008) RICHARD A. GRIFFITHS et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Amphibian Chemical Defense: Antifungal Metabolites of the Microsymbiont Janthinobacterium lividum on the Salamander Plethodon cinereus

(2008) Robert M. Brucker et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

The Macaque Gut Microbiome in Health, Lentiviral Infection, and Chronic Enterocolitis

(2008) Philip McKenna et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Climatic change and wetland desiccation cause amphibian decline in Yellowstone National Park

(2008) S. K. McMenamin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA