Cutaneous Bacteria of the Redback Salamander Prevent Morbidity Associated with a Lethal Disease

Matthew H. Becker; Reid N. Harris

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010957

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Cutaneous Bacteria of the Redback Salamander Prevent Morbidity Associated with a Lethal Disease

Matthew H. Becker ,

* E-mail: mhbecker3@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Reid N. Harris

Affiliation Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Cutaneous Bacteria of the Redback Salamander Prevent Morbidity Associated with a Lethal Disease

Matthew H. Becker,
Reid N. Harris

Published: June 4, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010957

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Excellent proof of concept

Posted by amphibianrescue on 27 Jul 2010 at 16:48 GMT

Congrats to the authors for following up on their original Rana muscosa studies. Here they extend the proof of concept of bacterial defences to caudates, and they explain the varying susceptibilities of redback salamanders to Bd. Very nice paper.

No competing interests declared.

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Excellent proof of concept

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