Vertebrate hosts as islands: dynamics of selection, immigration, loss, persistence and potential function of bacteria on salamander skin

Vertebrate hosts as islands: dynamics of selection, immigration, loss, persistence and potential function of bacteria on salamander skin

Skin bacterial communities can protect amphibians from a fungal pathogen; however, little is known about how these communities are maintained. We used a neutral model of community ecology to identify bacteria that are maintained on salamanders by selection or by dispersal from a bacterial reservoir...

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Main Authors: Andrew Howard Loudon, Arvind eVenkataraman, William eVanTreuren, Douglas eWoodhams, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Valerie eMcKenzie, Rob eKnight, Thomas eSchmidt, Reid eHarris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Symbiosis
Antifungal
island biogeography
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
host-associated microbial communities
Neutral model
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00333/full

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