Captivity and exposure to the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans are linked to perturbation and dysbiosis of the amphibian skin microbiome
Kieran A Bates, Jennifer MG Shelton, Victoria L Mercier, Kevin P Hopkins, Xavier A Harrison, Silviu O Petrovan, Matthew C Fisher
The paper examines how captivity and exposure to Bsal affect the skin microbiome of newts, finding microbiome perturbation and dysbiosis linked to infection and mortality.
bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2018 · PreprintEcology