ArticleAnimal microbiome2023
Host phylogeny and environment shape the diversity of salamander skin bacterial communities.
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- Host and Environmental Factors Outweigh Pathogen in Shaping Skin Microbiome of a Threatened Andean Amphibian Community.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
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- Four Neotropical frog species exhibit shared and distinct skin bacterial communities in a laboratory setting.microPublication biology · 2026Article
- Imprints of Land Use History on the Cutaneous Microbiota of Mexican Cloud Forest Salamanders.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Comparative Analysis of Environmental and Host-Associated Microbiome inMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- More Than Meets the Eye: Unraveling the Interactions Between Skin Microbiota and Habitat in an Opportunistic Amphibian.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Host Species and Environment Shape the Skin Microbiota of Mexican Axolotls.Microbial ecology · 2024Article
- Phylosymbiosis shapes skin bacterial communities and pathogen-protective function in Appalachian salamanders.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Temporal microbiome changes in axolotl limb regeneration: Stage-specific restructuring of bacterial and fungal communities with a Flavobacterium bloom during blastema proliferation.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair SocietyArticle
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Abstract
The composition and diversity of animal-associated microbial communities are shaped by multiple ecological and evolutionary processes acting at different spatial and temporal scales. Skin microbiomes are thought to be strongly influenced by the environment due to the direct interaction of the host's skin with the external media. As expected, the diversity of amphibian skin microbiomes is shaped by climate and host sampling habitats, whereas phylogenetic effects appear to be weak. However, the relative strength of phylogenetic and environmental effects on salamander skin microbiomes remains poorly understood. Here, we analysed sequence data from 1164 adult salamanders of 44 species to characterise and compare the diversity and composition of skin bacteria. We assessed the relative contribution of climate, host sampling habitat, and host phylogeny to the observed patterns of bacterial diversity. We found that bacterial alpha diversity was mainly associated with host sampling habitat and climate, but that bacterial beta diversity was more strongly associated with host taxonomy and phylogeny. This phylogenetic effect predominantly occurred at intermediate levels of host divergence (0-50 Mya). Our results support the importance of environmental factors shaping the diversity of salamander skin microbiota, but also support host phylogenetic history as a major factor shaping these bacterial communities.
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