Amphibian Chemical Defense: Antifungal Metabolites of the Microsymbiont Janthinobacterium lividum on the Salamander Plethodon cinereus

Disease has spurred declines in global amphibian populations. In particular, the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has decimated amphibian diversity in some areas unaffected by habitat loss. However, there is little evidence to explain how some amphibian species persist despite infectio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of chemical ecology 2008-11, Vol.34 (11), p.1422-1429
Hauptverfasser: Brucker, Robert M, Harris, Reid N, Schwantes, Christian R, Gallaher, Thomas N, Flaherty, Devon C, Lam, Brianna A, Minbiole, Kevin P. C
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