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Infectious disease causes long-term changes to frog's microbiome

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-02-11

Just as beneficial microbes in the human gut can be affected by antibiotics, diet interventions and other disturbances, the microbiomes of other animals can also be upset. In a rare study published this week, Andrea Jani, a researcher with the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), determined the skin microbiome of an endangered frog was altered when the frogs were infected by a specific fungus, and it didn't recover to its initial state even when the frog was cured of the infection.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-02-infectious-disease-long-term-frog-microbiome.html