Most of the Dominant Members of Amphibian Skin Bacterial Communities Can Be Readily Cultured.

ABSTRACT: Currently, it is estimated that only 0.001% to 15% of bacteria in any given system can be cultured by use of commonly used techniques and media, yet culturing is critically important for investigations of bacterial function. Despite this situation, few studies have attempted to link culture-dependent and culture-independent data for a single system to better understand which members of the microbial community are readily cultured. In amphibians, some cutaneous bacterial symbionts can inhibit establishment and growth of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, and thus there is great interest in using these symbionts as probiotics for the conservation of amphibians threatened by B. dendrobatidis. The present study examined the portion of the culture-independent bacterial communit

SUBMITTER: Walke JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4561701 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature