Serratia marcescens shapes cutaneous bacterial communities and influences survival of an amphibian host.

ABSTRACT: Ongoing investigations into the interactions between microbial communities and their associated hosts are changing how emerging diseases are perceived and ameliorated. Of the numerous host-microbiome-disease systems of study, the emergence of chytridiomycosis (caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, hereafter Bd) has been implicated in ongoing declines and extinction events of amphibians worldwide. Interestingly, there has been differential survival among amphibians in resisting Bd infection and subsequent disease. One factor thought to contribute to this resistance is the host-associated cutaneous microbiota. This has raised the possibility of using genetically modified probiotics to restructure the host-associated microbiota for desired anti-fungal outcomes. Here,

SUBMITTER: Madison JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6842860 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature