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

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• Alternative Title:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Amphibians Antifungal Bacteria Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis Cane Toad Chytridiomycosis Fungi Invasive Species Microbiome Research Letter Rhinella Marina Skin

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• Source:
  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
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f7af1e5fabe7efaa0c91444bbc042a9e44e7c8d503be82a6b5ac4de9ff02108d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81170/cdc_81170_DS1.pdf
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