Winter is coming–Temperature affects immune defenses and susceptibility to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

A meta‐analysis reveals temperature, dose, life stage, and taxonomy influence host susceptibility to a fungal parasite

(2020) Erin L. Sauer et al.   ECOLOGY

The skin microbiome facilitates adaptive tetrodotoxin production in poisonous newts

(2020) Patric M Vaelli et al.   eLife

Global Amphibian Declines, Disease, and the Ongoing Battle between Batrachochytrium Fungi and the Immune System

(2020) Louise A. Rollins-Smith   HERPETOLOGICA

Bacterial phylogeny predicts volatile organic compound composition and olfactory response of an aphid parasitoid

(2020) Tim Goelen et al.   OIKOS

Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

(2019) Ben C. Scheele et al.   SCIENCE

Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale

(2019) Jordan G. Kueneman et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Double trouble: co-infections of chytrid fungi will severely impact widely distributed newts

(2019) Ana V. Longo et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

(2019) Evan Bolyen et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Living with the enemy: Facilitating amphibian coexistence with disease

(2019) Ben C. Scheele et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Differentiating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans in Amphibian Chytridiomycosis Using RNAScope®in situ Hybridization

(2019) Robert J. Ossiboff et al.   Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Of poisons and parasites-the defensive role of tetrodotoxin against infections in newts

(2018) Pieter T. J. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Skin glands of an aquatic salamander vary in size and distribution and release antimicrobial secretions effective against chytrid fungal pathogens

(2018) Kenzie E. Pereira et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Probiotic consortia are not uniformly effective against different amphibian chytrid pathogen isolates

(2018) Rachael E. Antwis et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Recommendations on diagnostic tools for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

(2018) V. Thomas et al.   Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Temperature-Dependent Effects of Cutaneous Bacteria on a Frog’s Tolerance of Fungal Infection

(2018) Matthew J. Robak et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Optimizing taxonomic classification of marker-gene amplicon sequences with QIIME 2’s q2-feature-classifier plugin

(2018) Nicholas A. Bokulich et al.   Microbiome

Disruption of skin microbiota contributes to salamander disease

(2018) Molly C. Bletz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An interaction between climate change and infectious disease drove widespread amphibian declines

(2018) Jeremy M. Cohen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

WorldClim 2: new 1-km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas

(2017) Stephen E. Fick et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Amphibian skin microbiota exhibits temporal variation in community structure but stability of predicted Bd-inhibitory function

(2017) Molly C Bletz et al.   ISME Journal

Drivers of salamander extirpation mediated by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

(2017) Gwij Stegen et al.   NATURE

Inhibition of Fungal Pathogens across Genotypes and Temperatures by Amphibian Skin Bacteria

(2017) Carly R. Muletz-Wolz et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Fight Fungi with Fungi: Antifungal Properties of the Amphibian Mycobiome

(2017) Patrick J. Kearns et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Deblur Rapidly Resolves Single-Nucleotide Community Sequence Patterns

(2017) Amnon Amir et al.   mSystems

DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data

(2016) Benjamin J Callahan et al.   NATURE METHODS

Amphibian gut microbiota shifts differentially in community structure but converges on habitat-specific predicted functions

(2016) Molly C. Bletz et al.   Nature Communications

Harnessing the Microbiome to Prevent Fungal Infections: Lessons from Amphibians

(2016) Jenifer B. Walke et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

(2015) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   ECOLOGY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Averting a North American biodiversity crisis

(2015) T. A. Yap et al.   SCIENCE

The influence of biological rhythms on host–parasite interactions

(2015) Micaela Martinez-Bakker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Treatment of urodelans based on temperature dependent infection dynamics of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

(2015) M. Blooi et al.   Scientific Reports

Community assembly, coexistence and the environmental filtering metaphor

(2014) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Cool Temperatures Reduce Antifungal Activity of Symbiotic Bacteria of Threatened Amphibians – Implications for Disease Management and Patterns of Decline

(2014) Joshua H. Daskin et al.   PLoS One

Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

(2014) A. Martel et al.   SCIENCE

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE DEFENSES IN THE SALAMANDER, AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM, AGAINST EMERGING AMPHIBIAN PATHOGENS

(2013) Brandon Sheafor et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Effect of Temperature on Host Response to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection in the Mountain Yellow-legged Frog (Rana muscosa)

(2013) Sara E. Andre et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

(2013) Morgan G I Langille et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The First Salamander Defensin Antimicrobial Peptide

(2013) Ping Meng et al.   PLoS One

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians

(2013) A. Martel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Towards a Better Understanding of the Use of Probiotics for Preventing Chytridiomycosis in Panamanian Golden Frogs

(2012) Matthew H. Becker et al.   EcoHealth

Sodium Chloride Inhibits the Growth and Infective Capacity of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus and Increases Host Survival Rates

(2012) Michelle Pirrie Stockwell et al.   PLoS One

Disease Tolerance as a Defense Strategy

(2012) R. Medzhitov et al.   SCIENCE

Elevated temperature as a treatment for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in captive frogs

(2011) MWH Chatfield et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Temperature, hydric environment, and prior pathogen exposure alter the experimental severity of chytridiomycosis in boreal toads

(2011) PJ Murphy et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Amphibian Immune Defenses against Chytridiomycosis: Impacts of Changing Environments

(2011) L. A. Rollins-Smith et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Development and Disease: How Susceptibility to an Emerging Pathogen Changes through Anuran Development

(2011) Nathan A. Haislip et al.   PLoS One

Short-Term Exposure to Warm Microhabitats Could Explain Amphibian Persistence with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2011) Joshua H. Daskin et al.   PLoS One

Assessing spatial patterns of disease risk to biodiversity: implications for the management of the amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2010) Kris A. Murray et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments

(2010) Morgan N. Price et al.   PLoS One

Expression Profiling the Temperature-Dependent Amphibian Response to Infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2009) Laia Ribas et al.   PLoS One

LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFFS INFLUENCE DISEASE IN CHANGING CLIMATES: STRATEGIES OF AN AMPHIBIAN PATHOGEN

(2008) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   ECOLOGY

Evaluating the links between climate, disease spread, and amphibian declines

(2008) J. R. Rohr et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA