Author:
Martínez-Ugalde Emanuel,Ávila-Akerberg Víctor,González Martínez Tanya M.,Vázquez Trejo Montserrat,Zavala Hernández Dalia,Anaya-Morales Sara Lucia,Rebollar Eria A.
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundMicrobiomes have been increasingly recognized as major contributors to host health and survival. In amphibians, bacterial members of the skin microbiota protect their hosts by inhibiting the growth of the fungal pathogenBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis(Bd). Even though several studies describe the influence of biotic and abiotic factors over the skin microbiota, it remains unclear how these symbiotic bacterial communities vary across time and development. This is particularly relevant for species that undergo metamorphosis as it has been shown that host physiology and ecology drastically influence diversity of the skin microbiome.ResultsWe found that the skin bacterial communities of the axolotlA. altamiraniare largely influenced by the metamorphic status of the host and by seasonal variation of abiotic factors such as temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and conductivity. Despite high Bd prevalence in these samples, the bacterial diversity of the skin microbiota did not differ between infected and non-infected axolotls, although relative abundance of particular bacteria were correlated with Bd infection intensity.ConclusionsOur work shows that metamorphosis is a crucial process that shapes skin bacterial communities and that axolotls under different developmental stages respond differently to environmental seasonal variations. Moreover, this study greatly contributes to a better understanding of the factors that shape amphibian skin microbiota, especially in a largely underexplored group like axolotls (MexicanAmbystomaspecies).
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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