Early life skin microbial trajectory as a function of vertical and environmental transmission in Bornean foam-nesting frogs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The amphibian skin microbiome is an important mediator of host health and serves as a potential source of undiscovered scientifically significant compounds. However, the underlying modalities of how amphibian hosts obtain their initial skin-associated microbiome remains unclear. Here, we explore microbial transmission patterns in foam-nest breeding tree frogs from Southeast Asia (Genus: Polypedates) whose specialized breeding strategy allows for better delineation between vertically and environmentally derived microbes. To facilitate this, we analyzed samples associated with adult frog pairs taken after mating-including adults of each sex, their foam nests, environments, and tadpoles before and after environmental interaction-for the bacterial communities using DNA metab

SUBMITTER: McGrath-Blaser S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8686334 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature