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Oct 2026
Differential skin microbiomes and disease outcomes in sympatric hosts despite similar infection burdens
Amphibians are declining worldwide, in large part due to chytridiomycosis: a disease of amphibian skin caused by the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Resistance and tolerance to Bd infection can exhibit intra‐ and interspecific variation. This variation may depend, among other factors, on the...
Kira M. Miller, Thomas C. Smith, A. Jani et al.
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