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Environment and weight class linked to skin microbiome structure of juvenile Eastern hellbenders ( <i>Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis</i> ) in human care
2025-02-03
Abstract excerpt
Amphibian skin is integral to promoting normal physiological processes in the body and promotes both innate and adaptive immunity against pathogens. The amphibian skin microbiota is comprised of a complex assemblage of microbes and is shaped by internal host characteristics and external influences. Skin disease is a significant source of morbidity and mortality in amphibians, and increasing research has shown that...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1f0cdbe5-fa4b-59c7-99b1-152bd57533a9
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.02.02.636152
