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Kaitlyn Murphy

Middle Tennessee State UniversityORCID 0000-0001-7516-6783Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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Skin lipid chemistry influences host-microbiome-pathogen interactions in snake fungal disease (ophidiomycosis)

Kaitlyn Murphy, Jason W. Dallas, Mitra Ghotbi, Lluvia Vargas‐Gastélum, Charlotte Van Moorleghem, Joshua L. Phillips, David W. Ludwig, Tingting Sun, Robert T. Mason, John H. Niedzwiecki, M. Rockwell Parker, Jeffrey D. Leblond, J. Michael Miller, Clay Stalzer, Ori Bergman, , Donald W Walker

The paper investigates how snake skin lipid chemistry and the microbiome influence the growth of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, revealing antifungal lipids and bacterial-fungal interactions that shape the skin microbiome.

bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology