ArticleMicrobial ecology2019
The Influence of Habitat and Phylogeny on the Skin Microbiome of Amphibians in Guatemala and Mexico.
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- The role of family and environment in determining the skin bacterial communities of captive aquatic frogs, Xenopus laevis.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024Article
- Host Species and Environment Shape the Skin Microbiota of Mexican Axolotls.Microbial ecology · 2024Article
- Nor climate nor human impact factors: Chytrid infection shapes the skin bacterial communities of an endemic amphibian in a biodiversity hotspot.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Low-level pathogen infection and geographic location correlate with the skin microbiomes of Columbia spotted frogs (Current research in microbial sciences · 2024Article
- Family shapes microbiome differences in Oklahoma salamanders.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2024Article
- Seasonality influences skin bacterial community structure and anti-Bd function in two anuran species.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Host macrocyclic acylcarnitines mediate symbiotic interactions between frogs and their skin microbiome.iScience · 2023Article
- Host phylogeny and environment shape the diversity of salamander skin bacterial communities.Animal microbiome · 2023Article
- Climate change is not just global warming: Multidimensional impacts on animal gut microbiota.Microbial biotechnology · 2023Review
- Factors Influencing Bacterial and Fungal Skin Communities of Montane Salamanders of Central Mexico.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
- Geographic variation in bacterial assemblages on cane toad skin is influenced more by local environments than by evolved changes in host traits.Biology open · 2023Article
- Reef Location and Client Diversity Influence the Skin Microbiome of the Caribbean Cleaner Goby Elacatinus evelynae.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
- Host ecology drives frog skin microbiome diversity across ecotone in South-Central North America.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2023Article
- Screening Salamanders for Symbionts.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Microbial symbionts are increasingly recognized as playing a critical role in organismal health across a wide range of hosts. Amphibians are unique hosts in that their skin helps to regulate the exchange of water, ions, and gases, and it plays an active role in defense against pathogens through the synthesis of anti-microbial peptides. The microbiome of amphibian skin includes a diverse community of bacteria known to defend against pathogens, including the global pandemic lineage of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis associated with mass amphibian die-offs. The relative influence of host phylogeny and environment in determining the composition of the amphibian skin microbiome remains poorly understood. We collected skin swabs from montane amphibians in Mexico and Guatemala, focusing on two genera of plethodontid salamanders and one genus of frogs. We used high throughput sequencing to characterize the skin bacterial microbiome and tested the impact of phylogeny and habitat on bacterial diversity. Our results show that phylogenetic history strongly influences the diversity and community structure of the total bacterial microbiome at higher taxonomic levels (between orders), but on lower scales (within genera and species), the effect of habitat predominates. These results add to a growing consensus that habitat exerts a strong effect on microbiome structure and composition, particularly at shallow phylogenetic scales.
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