Open AccessFirst line of defence: the role of sloughing in the regulation of cutaneous microbes in frogs
Author(s) -
Rebecca L. Cramp,
R. K. McPhee,
Ernest A. Meyer,
Michel E. B. Ohmer,
Craig E. Franklin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/cou012
Subject(s) - sloughing , biology , chytridiomycosis , amphibian , hydric soil , abundance (ecology) , ecology , zoology , soil water , medicine , pathology
The skin is the first line of defence in preventing the establishment of pathogens and associated infections in frogs. Regular sloughing of the outer layer can reduce the abundance of cultivable cutaneous microbes in green tree frogs which has ramifications for our understanding of cutaneous pathogens like the amphibian chytrid fungus.
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