Intraspecific Variation in the Skin-Associated Microbiome of a Terrestrial Salamander

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

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

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

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

Most of the Dominant Members of Amphibian Skin Bacterial Communities Can Be Readily Cultured

(2015) Jenifer B. Walke et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The gut microbiome in autoimmunity: Sex matters

(2015) Andres Gomez et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Variation in the Presence of Anti-Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Bacteria of Amphibians Across Life Stages and Elevations in Ecuador

(2015) J. C. Bresciano et al.   EcoHealth

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

(2015) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   ECOLOGY

Biodiversity inhibits parasites: Broad evidence for the dilution effect

(2015) David J. Civitello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Composition of symbiotic bacteria predicts survival in Panamanian golden frogs infected with a lethal fungus

(2015) M. H. Becker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Panamanian frog species host unique skin bacterial communities

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

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

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

Amphibian skin may select for rare environmental microbes

(2014) Jenifer B Walke et al.   ISME Journal

Stability of Microbiota Facilitated by Host Immune Regulation: Informing Probiotic Strategies to Manage Amphibian Disease

(2014) Denise Küng et al.   PLoS One

Seasonal Variation in Human Gut Microbiome Composition

(2014) Emily R. Davenport 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

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

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

Impact of both desiccation and exposure to an emergent skin pathogen on transepidermal water exchange in the palmate newt Lissotriton helveticus 

(2013) T Wardziak et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

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

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

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

Surprisingly extensive mixed phylogenetic and ecological signals among bacterial Operational Taxonomic Units

(2013) Alexander F. Koeppel et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

Sex Differences in the Gut Microbiome Drive Hormone-Dependent Regulation of Autoimmunity

(2013) J. G. M. Markle et al.   SCIENCE

Changes in cutaneous microbial abundance with sloughing: possible implications for infection and disease in amphibians

(2012) EA Meyer et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

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

(2012) Matthew H. Becker et al.   EcoHealth

Quality-filtering vastly improves diversity estimates from Illumina amplicon sequencing

(2012) Nicholas A Bokulich et al.   NATURE METHODS

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

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

Compartmentalized Control of Skin Immunity by Resident Commensals

(2012) S. Naik et al.   SCIENCE

Speciation by symbiosis

(2012) Robert M. Brucker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

(2011) Jenifer B. Walke et al.   BIOTROPICA

Symbiosis and development: The hologenome concept

(2011) Eugene Rosenberg et al.   BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH PART C-EMBRYO TODAY-REVIEWS

Low-Abundance Biofilm Species Orchestrates Inflammatory Periodontal Disease through the Commensal Microbiota and Complement

(2011) George Hajishengallis et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Beyond the Venn diagram: the hunt for a core microbiome

(2011) Ashley Shade et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

THE ROLES OF HOST EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS (GENUS: NASONIA) AND DEVELOPMENT IN STRUCTURING MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES

(2011) Robert M. Brucker et al.   EVOLUTION

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

(2011) Valerie J McKenzie et al.   ISME Journal

Gut microbiome dysbiosis and honeybee health

(2011) C. Hamdi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

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

(2011) Aymé Spor et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Trade-Offs between Competition and Defense Specialists among Unicellular Planktonic Organisms: the "Killing the Winner" Hypothesis Revisited

(2010) C. Winter et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Cutaneous Bacteria of the Redback Salamander Prevent Morbidity Associated with a Lethal Disease

(2010) Matthew H. Becker et al.   PLoS One

Global patterns of 16S rRNA diversity at a depth of millions of sequences per sample

(2010) J. G. Caporaso et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2009) Reid N Harris et al.   ISME Journal

Pheromone Communication in Amphibians and Reptiles

(2008) Lynne D. Houck   Annual Review of Physiology

Addition of antifungal skin bacteria to salamanders ameliorates the effects of chytridiomycosis

(2008) RN Harris et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Pronounced phylogeographic structure on a small spatial scale: Geomorphological evolution and lineage history in the salamander ring species Ensatina eschscholtzii in central coastal California

(2008) Shawn R. Kuchta et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Antifungal skin bacteria, embryonic survival, and communal nesting in four-toed salamanders, Hemidactylium scutatum

(2008) Jenifer L. Banning et al.   OECOLOGIA

The influence of sex, handedness, and washing on the diversity of hand surface bacteria

(2008) N. Fierer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Are we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction? A view from the world of amphibians

(2008) D. B. Wake et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA