Coevolution of a generalist pathogen with many hosts: the case of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

T Carvalho, AM Belasen, LF Toledo… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Generalist pathogens maintain infectivity in numerous hosts; how this broad ecological
niche impacts host–pathogen coevolution remains to be widely explored. Batrachochytrium …

High variability in infection mechanisms and host responses: A review of functional genomic studies of amphibian chytridiomycosis

KR Zamudio, CA McDonald, AM Belasen - Herpetologica, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
The emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and B. salamandrivorans (Bsal), two
fungal pathogens responsible for amphibian declines and extinctions worldwide, led to 20 …

Fungal disease and temperature alter skin microbiome structure in an experimental salamander system

CR Muletz‐Wolz, RC Fleischer, KR Lips - Molecular Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogens compete with host microbiomes for space and resources. Their shared
environment impacts pathogen–microbiome–host interactions, which can lead to variation in …

Fungal disease cluster in tropical terrestrial frogs predicted by low rainfall

D Moura-Campos, SE Greenspan, GV DiRenzo… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic forces are increasing climate anomalies and disease pressure in tropical
forests. Terrestrial-breeding amphibians, a diverse group of highly endemic tropical frogs …

Chytrid in the clouds: an alternative passive transport of a lethal pathogen for amphibians

JS Prado, JR Ernetti, MR Pontes, LF Toledo - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Fog is an important water input in ecosystems and a carrier of microorganisms, including
unicellular pathogens. The aquatic amphibian-killing fungus, Batrachochytrium …

Temperature‐mediated shifts in salamander transcriptomic responses to the amphibian‐killing fungus

A Ellison, K Zamudio, K Lips… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Life processes of ectothermic vertebrates are intimately linked to the temperature of their
environment, influencing their metabolism, reproduction, behaviour and immune responses …

Ancestral chytrid pathogen remains hypervirulent following its long coevolution with amphibian hosts

M Fu, B Waldman - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many amphibian species around the world, except in Asia, suffer morbidity and mortality
when infected by the emerging infectious pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). A …

Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen

XA Harrison, T Sewell, M Fisher… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Host-associated microbes form an important component of immunity that protect against
infection by pathogens. Treating wild individuals with these protective microbes, known as …

Preparing for invasion: Assessing risk of infection by chytrid fungi in southeastern plethodontid salamanders

B Friday, C Holzheuser, KR Lips… - Journal of experimental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the responses of naïve communities to the invasion of multihost pathogens
requires accurate estimates of susceptibility across taxa. In the Americas, the likely …

Phenotypic and Methylome Responses to Salt Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana Natural Accessions

X Lin, M Zhou, J Yao, QQ Li, YY Zhang - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Salt stress threatens plant growth, development and crop yields, and has become a critical
global environmental issue. Increasing evidence has suggested that the epigenetic …