White-nose syndrome restructures bat skin microbiomes

White-nose syndrome restructures bat skin microbiomes

ABSTRACT The skin microbiome is an essential line of host defense against pathogens, yet our understanding of microbial communities and how they change when hosts become infected is limited. We investigated skin microbial composition in three North American bat species (Myotis lucifugus, Eptesicus f...

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Main Authors: Meghan Ange-Stark, Katy L. Parise, Tina L. Cheng, Joseph R. Hoyt, Kate E. Langwig, Winifred F. Frick, A. Marm Kilpatrick, John Gillece, Matthew D. MacManes, Jeffrey T. Foster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
bat populations
disease ecology
microbiome
Myotis lucifugus
Perimyotis subflavus
Eptesicus fuscus
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02715-23

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02715-23

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