A5084282605- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Gut microbiota and health
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Botanical Research and Chemistry
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Complement system in diseases
- Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2017-2022
University of Hawaii System
2018-2022
Pacific Biosciences (United States)
2021-2022
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
2015
Integrative Medicine Institute
2015
Careers Europe
2015
University of California, Santa Barbara
2009-2010
Arizona State University
2005-2006
Riparian zones are habitats of critical conservation concern worldwide, as they known to filter agricultural contaminants, buffer landscapes against erosion, and provide habitat for high numbers species. Here we test the generality notion that riparian harbor more species than adjacent upland habitats. Using previously published data collected from seven continents including taxa ranging Antarctic soil invertebrates tropical rain forest lianas primates, show do not higher species, but rather...
Significance Animals are inhabited by communities of microbes (the microbiome) that potentially interact with pathogens. Detailed studies microbiome–pathogen interactions in nature rare, and even when correlations observed, determining causal relationships is challenging. The relationship particular interest the case Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis , a chytrid fungus infects skin amphibians causing amphibian declines worldwide. We documented strong correlation between pathogen load bacterial...
Biodiversity loss is one major outcome of human-mediated ecosystem disturbance. One way that humans have triggered wildlife declines by transporting disease-causing agents to remote areas the world. Amphibians been hit particularly hard disease due in part a globally distributed pathogenic chytrid fungus ( Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis [ Bd ]). Prior research has revealed important insights into biology and distribution ; however, there are still many outstanding questions this system....
Abstract Infectious pathogens can disrupt the microbiome in addition to directly affecting host. Impacts of disease may be dependent on ability recover from such disturbance, yet remarkably little is known about recovery after disease, particularly nonhuman animals. We assessed resilience amphibian skin microbial community disturbance by pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Skin communities laboratory-reared mountain yellow-legged frogs were tracked through three experimental...
Symbiotic microbial communities play key roles in the health and development of their multicellular hosts. Understanding why vary among different host species or individuals is an important step toward understanding diversity function microbiome. The amphibian skin microbiome may affect resistance to fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Still, factors that determine composition microbiome, therefore ultimately contribute disease resistance, are not well understood. We...
Infectious diseases have serious impacts on human and wildlife populations, but the effects of a disease can vary, even among individuals or populations same host species. Identifying reasons for this variation is key to understanding dynamics mitigating infectious impacts, disentangling cause correlation during natural outbreaks extremely challenging. This study aims understand associations between symbiotic bacterial communities an disease, examines multiple before after pathogen invasion...
Despite their minute biomass, microbial symbionts of plants potentially alter herbivory, diversity and community structure. Infection grasses by asexual endophytic fungi often decreases herbivore loads alters arthropod diversity. However, most studies to date have involved agronomic consider only infection status (infected vs. uninfected), without explicitly measuring endophyte-produced alkaloids, which vary among endophyte isolates may impact consumers. We combined field experiments...
The recently-emerged amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has had an unprecedented impact on global populations, and highlights the urgent need to develop effective mitigation strategies. We conducted in-situ antifungal treatment experiments in wild populations of endangered mountain yellow-legged frog during or immediately after Bd-caused mass die-off events. objective treatments was reduce Bd infection intensity (“load”) doing so alter frog-Bd dynamics increase...
Summary Marine protected areas are increasingly being recommended as an essential component of the management exploited marine species, but virtually no attention has been given to influence parasites. This may be substantial, a primary effect reserves is increase density population within reserve relative outside reserve, which facilitate parasite transmission. We used simple deterministic model microparasitic infection in fishery with investigate equilibrium yield and prevalence inside...
Abstract The recently-emerged amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has had an unprecedented impact on global populations, and highlights the urgent need to develop effective mitigation strategies against this pathogen. We conducted field antifungal treatment experiments in populations of endangered mountain yellow-legged frog during or immediately after Bd-caused mass die-off events. objective treatments was reduce Bd infection intensity (“load”) doing so alter...
Despite increasing acknowledgment that microorganisms underpin the healthy functioning of basically all multicellular life, few cross-disciplinary teams address diversity and function microbiota across organisms ecosystems. Our newly formed consortium junior faculty spanning fields such as ecology geoscience to mathematics molecular biology from University Hawai'i at Mānoa aims fill this gap. We are united in our mutual interest advancing a new paradigm for incorporates modern understanding...