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Skin lipid chemistry influences host-microbiome-pathogen interactions in snake fungal disease (ophidiomycosis)
Kaitlyn Murphy, Jason W. Dallas, Mitra Ghotbi…·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.
DOI 10.1101/2025.11.04.686605