Panamanian frog species host unique skin bacterial communities
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Panamanian frog species host unique skin bacterial communities
Vertebrates, including amphibians, host diverse symbiotic microbes that contribute to host disease resistance. Globally, and especially in montane tropical systems, many amphibian species are threatened by a chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), that causes a lethal skin disease. Bd therefore may be a strong selective agent on the diversity and function of the microbial communiti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Microbiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01171