Publications

habitat disturbance influences the skin microbiome of a rediscovered neotropical-montane frog.	the skin microbiome serves as a first line defense against pathogens in vertebrates. in amphibians, it has the potential to protect against the chytrid fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatis (bd), a likely agent of amphibian declines. alteration of the microbiome associated with unfavorable environmental changes produced by anthropogenic activities may make the host more susceptible to pathogens. some amphibian species that were thought to be "extinct" have been rediscovered years after population ...	2020	32962670
moving beyond the host: unraveling the skin microbiome of endangered costa rican amphibians.	some neotropical amphibians, including a few species in costa rica, were presumed to be "extinct" after dramatic population declines in the late 1980s but have been rediscovered in isolated populations. such populations seem to have evolved a resistance/tolerance to batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd), a fungal pathogen that causes a deadly skin disease and is considered one of the main drivers of worldwide amphibian declines. the skin microbiome is an important component of the host's innate im ...	2019	31572313