Effects of temperature on the interaction between amphibian skin bacteria and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

ABSTRACT: Symbiotic relationships between animals and microbes are important for a range of functions, from digestion to protection from pathogens. However, the impact of temperature variation on these animal-microbe interactions remains poorly understood. Amphibians have experienced population declines and even extinctions on a global scale due to chytridiomycosis, a disease caused by chytrid fungi in the genus Batrachochytrium. Variation in susceptibility to this disease exists within and among host species. While the mechanisms generating differences in host susceptibility remain elusive, differences in immune system components, as well as variation in host and environmental temperatures, have been associated with this variation. The symbiotic cutaneous bacteria of amphibians are another p

SUBMITTER: Robak MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10628663 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature