Bd and the microbiome of the yellow-legged frog

September 21, 2021

The pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused a global panzootic among amphibians, but some skin microbes may provide protective effects against Bd. Ellison, Knapp and Vredenburg (2021) report on their study of longitudinal patterns in the skin microbiome of the endangered…