Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia

Weitzman, Chava L.; Kaestli, Mirjam; Gibb, Karen; Brown, Gregory P.; Shine, Richard; Christian, Keith

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Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia

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Sep 2019
By Weitzman, Chava L. ; Kaestli, Mirjam ; Gibb, Karen

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Weitzman, Chava L. ; Kaestli, Mirjam ; Gibb, Karen ; Brown, Gregory P. ; Shine, Richard ; Christian, Keith
Description:

Cane toads, an invasive species in Australia, are resistant to fungal pathogens affecting frogs worldwide (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). From toad skin swabs, we detected higher proportions of bacteria with antifungal properties in Queensland, where toad and pathogen distributions overlap, than in other sites. This finding suggests that site-specific pathogen pressures help shape skin microbial communities.
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Emerg Infect Dis. 25(9):1770-1771
Pubmed ID:

31441753
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6711215
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Australia
Location:

Oceania
Volume:

25
Issue:

9
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81170/cdc_81170_DS1.pdf
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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