TY - JOUR
T1 - Disease exposure and antifungal bacteria on skin of invasive Cane toads, Australia
AU - Weitzman, Chava L.
AU - Kaestli, Mirjam
AU - Gibb, Karen
AU - Brown, Gregory P.
AU - Shine, Richard
AU - Christian, Keith
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PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - Cane toads, an invasive species in Australia, are resistant to fungal pathogens affecting frogs worldwide (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). From toad skin swabs, we detected higher proportions of bacteria with antifungal properties in Queensland, where toad and pathogen distributions overlap, than in other sites. This finding suggests that site-specific pathogen pressures help shape skin microbial communities.
AB - Cane toads, an invasive species in Australia, are resistant to fungal pathogens affecting frogs worldwide (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). From toad skin swabs, we detected higher proportions of bacteria with antifungal properties in Queensland, where toad and pathogen distributions overlap, than in other sites. This finding suggests that site-specific pathogen pressures help shape skin microbial communities.
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UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120200110
U2 - 10.3201/eid2509.190386
DO - 10.3201/eid2509.190386
M3 - Letter
C2 - 31441753
AN - SCOPUS:85071471950
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 25
SP - 1770
EP - 1771
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 9
ER -