Friday, 31 July 2015

Research could lead to protective probiotics for frogs


Date: July 30, 2015

Source: American Society for Microbiology

Summary: In research that could lead to protective probiotics to fight the 'chytrid' fungus that has been decimating amphibian populations worldwide, researchers have grown bacterial species from the skin microbiome of four species of amphibians.

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