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Vertebrate Hosts as Islands: Dynamics of Selection, Immigration, Loss, Persistence, and Potential Function of Bacteria on Salamander Skin. Public Deposited

https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/articles/x059c8007
Abstract
  • Skin bacterial communities can protect amphibians from a fungal pathogen; however, little is known about how these communities are maintained. We used a neutral model of community ecology to identify bacteria that are maintained on salamanders by selection or by dispersal from a bacterial reservoir (soil) and ecological drift. We found that 75% (9/12) of bacteria that were consistent with positive selection,
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Date Issued
  • 2016-01-01
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  • 7
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  • 333-333
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  • 2019-12-05
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  • PubMed ID: 27014249
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  • 1664-302X
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