Estimating Herd Immunity to Amphibian Chytridiomycosis in Madagascar Based on the Defensive Function of Amphibian Skin Bacteria

Host Ecology Rather Than Host Phylogeny Drives Amphibian Skin Microbial Community Structure in the Biodiversity Hotspot of Madagascar

(2017) Molly C. Bletz et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Efficacy of a probiotic bacterium to treat bats affected by the disease white-nose syndrome

(2016) Tina L. Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Probiotics, gut microbiota, and their influence on host health and disease

(2016) Borja Sánchez et al.   MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH

Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycoses in nature

(2016) Trenton W. J. Garner et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Managing Amphibian Disease with Skin Microbiota

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

Harnessing the Microbiome to Prevent Fungal Infections: Lessons from Amphibians

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

Spatial Biodiversity Patterns of Madagascar's Amphibians and Reptiles

(2016) Jason L. Brown et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Amphibian Symbiotic Bacteria Do Not Show a Universal Ability To Inhibit Growth of the Global Panzootic Lineage of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2015) Rachael E. Antwis et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2015) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   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

Violacein: Properties and Production of a Versatile Bacterial Pigment

(2015) Seong Yeol Choi et al.   Biomed Research International

Bacteria Isolated from Bats Inhibit the Growth of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the Causative Agent of White-Nose Syndrome

(2015) Joseph R. Hoyt et al.   PLoS One

Widespread presence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild amphibian communities in Madagascar

(2015) Molly C. Bletz et al.   Scientific Reports

DNA barcoding Madagascar’s amphibian fauna

(2014) R.G. Bina Perl et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Pre-emptive National Monitoring Plan for Detecting the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in Madagascar

(2013) Ché Weldon et al.   EcoHealth

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

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

Coral-associated micro-organisms and their roles in promoting coral health and thwarting diseases

(2013) C. J. Krediet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Screening bacterial metabolites for inhibitory effects against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using a spectrophotometric assay

(2012) SC Bell et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

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

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

"Herd Immunity": A Rough Guide

(2011) P. Fine et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Ecology drives a global network of gene exchange connecting the human microbiome

(2011) Chris S. Smillie et al.   NATURE

Nothing a Hot Bath Won't Cure: Infection Rates of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Correlate Negatively with Water Temperature under Natural Field Settings

(2011) Matthew J. Forrest et al.   PLoS One

Coincident mass extirpation of neotropical amphibians with the emergence of the infectious fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2011) T. L. Cheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pseudomonas protegens sp. nov., widespread plant-protecting bacteria producing the biocontrol compounds 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and pyoluteorin

(2011) Alban Ramette et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

adephylo: new tools for investigating the phylogenetic signal in biological traits

(2010) Thibaut Jombart et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments

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

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

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

Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria

(2010) M. J. Cafaro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Microbial community structure and its functional implications

(2009) Jed A. Fuhrman   NATURE

Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory

(2009) D. R. Vieites et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Herd immunity: recent uses in vaccine assessment

(2008) Guilherme Gonçalves   Expert Review of Vaccines

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