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Douglas Craig Woodhams PhD

TitleAdjunct Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentMedicine
AddressUniversity of Massachusetts Boston .
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston MA 02125
Phone617-287-6679
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
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    Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United StatesBSZoology
    James Cook University of North, Queensland, , AustraliaPHDZoology and Tropical Ecology

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    1. Medina D, Martins RA, Prist PR, Buttimer S, Neely WJ, Schuck LK, Greenspan SE, Lyra ML, Kearns PJ, Woodhams DC, Bletz MC, S?o-Pedro VA, Haddad CFB, Becker CG. Connecting habitats, boosting disease resistance: Spatial connectivity enhances amphibian microbiome defenses against fungal pathogen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Apr 28; 123(17):e2520745123. PMID: 42008677.
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    2. Pincus K, Kearns PJ, Williams K, Woodhams DC. Nutrient enrichment alters the microbiome and increases chytrid load in the American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus. Dis Aquat Organ. 2025 Apr 24; 162:27-34. PMID: 40272000.
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    3. Schrock SAR, Walsman JC, DeMarchi J, LeSage EH, Ohmer MEB, Rollins-Smith LA, Briggs CJ, Richards-Zawacki CL, Woodhams DC, Knapp RA, Smith TC, Haddad CFB, Becker CG, Johnson PTJ, Wilber MQ. Do fungi look like macroparasites? Quantifying the patterns and mechanisms of aggregation for host-fungal parasite relationships. Proc Biol Sci. 2025 Mar; 292(2043):20242013. PMID: 40106585.
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    4. Quadros V, Inman B, McDonnell N, Williams K, Romero LM, Woodhams DC. Dermal glucocorticoids are uncoupled from stress physiology and infection. Conserv Physiol. 2025; 13(1):coaf005. PMID: 39944680.
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    5. Le Sage EH, Reinert LK, Ohmer MEB, LaBumbard BC, Altman KA, Brannelly LA, Latella I, McDonnell NB, Saenz V, Walsman JC, Wilber MQ, Woodhams DC, Voyles J, Richards-Zawacki CL, Rollins-Smith LA. Diverse Relationships between Batrachochytrium Infections and Antimicrobial Peptide Defenses Across Leopard Frog Populations. Integr Comp Biol. 2024 09 27; 64(3):921-931. PMID: 39090981.
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    6. Schrock SAR, Walsman JC, DeMarchi J, LeSage EH, Ohmer MEB, Rollins-Smith LA, Briggs CJ, Richards-Zawacki CL, Woodhams DC, Knapp RA, Smith TC, Haddad CFB, Becker CG, Johnson PTJ, Wilber MQ. Do fungi look like macroparasites? Quantifying the patterns and mechanisms of aggregation for host-fungal parasite relationships. bioRxiv. 2024 Aug 30. PMID: 39257819.
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    7. Tokash-Peters AG, Niyonzima JD, Kayirangwa M, Muhayimana S, Tokash IW, Jabon JD, Lopez SG, Kearns PJ, Woodhams DC. Mosquito Microbiomes of Rwanda: Characterizing Mosquito Host and Microbial Communities in the Land of a Thousand Hills. Microb Ecol. 2024 May 01; 87(1):64. PMID: 38691215.
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    8. Neely WJ, Martins RA, Mendon?a da Silva CM, Ferreira da Silva T, Fleck LE, Whetstone RD, Woodhams DC, Cook WH, Prist PR, Valiati VH, Greenspan SE, Tozetti AM, Earley RL, Becker CG. Linking microbiome and stress hormone responses in wild tropical treefrogs across continuous and fragmented forests. Commun Biol. 2023 12 12; 6(1):1261. PMID: 38087051.
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    9. Madison JD, LaBumbard BC, Woodhams DC. Shotgun metagenomics captures more microbial diversity than targeted 16S rRNA gene sequencing for field specimens and preserved museum specimens. PLoS One. 2023; 18(9):e0291540. PMID: 37725594.
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    10. Miller AJ, Gass J, Jo MC, Bishop L, Petereit J, Woodhams DC, Voyles J. Towards the generation of gnotobiotic larvae as a tool to investigate the influence of the microbiome on the development of the amphibian immune system. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 07 31; 378(1882):20220125. PMID: 37305911.
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    11. Siomko SA, Greenspan SE, Barnett KM, Neely WJ, Chtarbanova S, Woodhams DC, McMahon TA, Becker CG. Selection of an anti-pathogen skin microbiome following prophylaxis treatment in an amphibian model system. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 07 31; 378(1882):20220126. PMID: 37305917.
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    12. Pereira KE, Bletz MC, McCartney JA, Woodhams DC, Woodley SK. Effects of exogenous elevation of corticosterone on immunity and the skin microbiome of eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens). Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 07 31; 378(1882):20220120. PMID: 37305906.
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    13. Gray MJ, Carter ED, Piovia-Scott J, Cusaac JPW, Peterson AC, Whetstone RD, Hertz A, Muniz-Torres AY, Bletz MC, Woodhams DC, Romansic JM, Sutton WB, Sheley W, Pessier A, McCusker CD, Wilber MQ, Miller DL. Broad host susceptibility of North American amphibian species to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans suggests high invasion potential and biodiversity risk. Nat Commun. 2023 06 05; 14(1):3270. PMID: 37277333.
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    14. Kouete MT, Bletz MC, LaBumbard BC, Woodhams DC, Blackburn DC. Parental care contributes to vertical transmission of microbes in a skin-feeding and direct-developing caecilian. Anim Microbiome. 2023 May 15; 5(1):28. PMID: 37189209.
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    15. Kearns PJ, Winter AS, Woodhams DC, Northup DE. The Mycobiome of Bats in the American Southwest Is Structured by Geography, Bat Species, and Behavior. Microb Ecol. 2023 Oct; 86(3):1565-1574. PMID: 37126126.
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    16. Woodhams DC, McCartney J, Walke JB, Whetstone R. The adaptive microbiome hypothesis and immune interactions in amphibian mucus. Dev Comp Immunol. 2023 08; 145:104690. PMID: 37001710.
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    17. Becker CG, Greenspan SE, Martins RA, Lyra ML, Prist P, Metzger JP, S?o Pedro V, Haddad CFB, Le Sage EH, Woodhams DC, Savage AE. Habitat split as a driver of disease in amphibians. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 06; 98(3):727-746. PMID: 36598050.
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    18. Greenspan SE, Peloso P, Fuentes-Gonz?lez JA, Bletz M, Lyra ML, Machado IF, Martins RA, Medina D, Moura-Campos D, Neely WJ, Preuss J, Sturaro MJ, Vaz RI, Navas CA, Toledo LF, Tozetti AM, Vences M, Woodhams DC, Haddad CFB, Pienaar J, Becker CG. Low microbiome diversity in threatened amphibians from two biodiversity hotspots. Anim Microbiome. 2022 Dec 29; 4(1):69. PMID: 36582011.
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    19. Peixoto RS, Voolstra CR, Sweet M, Duarte CM, Carvalho S, Villela H, Lunshof JE, Gram L, Woodhams DC, Walter J, Roik A, Hentschel U, Thurber RV, Daisley B, Ushijima B, Daffonchio D, Costa R, Keller-Costa T, Bowman JS, Rosado AS, Reid G, Mason CE, Walke JB, Thomas T, Berg G. Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss. Nat Microbiol. 2022 11; 7(11):1726-1735. PMID: 35864220.
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    20. Wilber MQ, Ohmer MEB, Altman KA, Brannelly LA, LaBumbard BC, Le Sage EH, McDonnell NB, Mu?iz Torres AY, Nordheim CL, Pfab F, Richards-Zawacki CL, Rollins-Smith LA, Saenz V, Voyles J, Wetzel DP, Woodhams DC, Briggs CJ. Once a reservoir, always a reservoir? Seasonality affects the pathogen maintenance potential of amphibian hosts. Ecology. 2022 09; 103(9):e3759. PMID: 35593515.
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    21. Jim?nez RR, Carfagno A, Linhoff L, Gratwicke B, Woodhams DC, Chafran LS, Bletz MC, Bishop B, Muletz-Wolz CR. Inhibitory Bacterial Diversity and Mucosome Function Differentiate Susceptibility of Appalachian Salamanders to Chytrid Fungal Infection. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2022 04 26; 88(8):e0181821. PMID: 35348389.
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    22. Woodhams DC, Madison JD, Bletz MC, McCartney J, LaBumbard BC, Whetstone R, McDonnell NB, Preissler K, Sabino-Pinto J, Piovia-Scott J. Responsible biosecurity and risk mitigation for laboratory research on emerging pathogens of amphibians. Dis Aquat Organ. 2021 Dec 16; 147:141-148. PMID: 34913442.
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    23. Bletz MC, LaBumbard BC, Le Sage EH, Woodhams DC. Extraction-free detection of amphibian pathogens from water baths. Dis Aquat Organ. 2021 Oct 07; 146:81-89. PMID: 34617514.
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    24. Lopes PC, French SS, Woodhams DC, Binning SA. Sickness behaviors across vertebrate taxa: proximate and ultimate mechanisms. J Exp Biol. 2021 05 01; 224(9). PMID: 33942101.
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    25. Carter ED, Bletz MC, Le Sage M, LaBumbard B, Rollins-Smith LA, Woodhams DC, Miller DL, Gray MJ. Winter is coming-Temperature affects immune defenses and susceptibility to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. PLoS Pathog. 2021 02; 17(2):e1009234. PMID: 33600433.
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    26. Cusaac JPW, Carter ED, Woodhams DC, Robert J, Spatz JA, Howard JL, Lillard C, Graham AW, Hill RD, Reinsch S, McGinnity D, Reeves B, Bemis D, Wilkes RP, Sutton WB, Waltzek TB, Hardman RH, Miller DL, Gray MJ. Emerging Pathogens and a Current-Use Pesticide: Potential Impacts on Eastern Hellbenders. J Aquat Anim Health. 2021 03; 33(1):24-32. PMID: 33590581.
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    27. Le Sage EH, LaBumbard BC, Reinert LK, Miller BT, Richards-Zawacki CL, Woodhams DC, Rollins-Smith LA. Preparatory immunity: Seasonality of mucosal skin defences and Batrachochytrium infections in Southern leopard frogs. J Anim Ecol. 2021 02; 90(2):542-554. PMID: 33179786.
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    28. Preuss JF, Greenspan SE, Rossi EM, Lucas Gonsales EM, Neely WJ, Valiati VH, Woodhams DC, Becker CG, Tozetti AM. Widespread Pig Farming Practice Linked to Shifts in Skin Microbiomes and Disease in Pond-Breeding Amphibians. Environ Sci Technol. 2020 09 15; 54(18):11301-11312. PMID: 32845628.
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    29. Robinson KA, Pereira KE, Bletz MC, Carter ED, Gray MJ, Piovia-Scott J, Romansic JM, Woodhams DC, Fritz-Laylin L. Isolation and maintenance of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans cultures. Dis Aquat Organ. 2020 Jun 18; 140:1-11. PMID: 32618283.
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    30. Woodhams DC, Bletz MC, Becker CG, Bender HA, Buitrago-Rosas D, Diebboll H, Huynh R, Kearns PJ, Kueneman J, Kurosawa E, LaBumbard BC, Lyons C, McNally K, Schliep K, Shankar N, Tokash-Peters AG, Vences M, Whetstone R. Publisher Correction: Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate. Genome Biol. 2020 Feb 20; 21(1):40. PMID: 32079535.
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    31. Woodhams DC, Bletz MC, Becker CG, Bender HA, Buitrago-Rosas D, Diebboll H, Huynh R, Kearns PJ, Kueneman J, Kurosawa E, LaBumbard BC, Lyons C, McNally K, Schliep K, Shankar N, Tokash-Peters AG, Vences M, Whetstone R. Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate. Genome Biol. 2020 02 03; 21(1):23. PMID: 32014020.
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    32. Barnhart KL, Bletz MC, LaBumbard BC, Tokash-Peters AG, Gabor CR, Woodhams DC. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans ELICITS ACUTE STRESS RESPONSE IN SPOTTED SALAMANDERS BUT NOT INFECTION OR MORTALITY. Anim Conserv. 2020 Oct; 23(5):533-546. PMID: 33071596.
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    33. Greenspan SE, Lyra ML, Migliorini GH, Kersch-Becker MF, Bletz MC, Lisboa CS, Pontes MR, Ribeiro LP, Neely WJ, Rezende F, Romero GQ, Woodhams DC, Haddad CFB, Toledo LF, Becker CG. Arthropod-bacteria interactions influence assembly of aquatic host microbiome and pathogen defense. Proc Biol Sci. 2019 06 26; 286(1905):20190924. PMID: 31238845.
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    34. Woodhams DC, Rollins-Smith LA, Reinert LK, Lam BA, Harris RN, Briggs CJ, Vredenburg VT, Patel BT, Caprioli RM, Chaurand P, Hunziker P, Bigler L. Probiotics Modulate a Novel Amphibian Skin Defense Peptide That Is Antifungal and Facilitates Growth of Antifungal Bacteria. Microb Ecol. 2020 Jan; 79(1):192-202. PMID: 31093727.
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    35. Kueneman JG, Bletz MC, McKenzie VJ, Becker CG, Joseph MB, Abarca JG, Archer H, Arellano AL, Bataille A, Becker M, Belden LK, Crottini A, Geffers R, Haddad CFB, Harris RN, Holden WM, Hughey M, Jarek M, Kearns PJ, Kerby JL, Kielgast J, Kurabayashi A, Longo AV, Loudon A, Medina D, Nu?ez JJ, Perl RGB, Pinto-Tom?s A, Rabemananjara FCE, Rebollar EA, Rodr?guez A, Rollins-Smith L, Stevenson R, Tebbe CC, Vargas Asensio G, Waldman B, Walke JB, Whitfield SM, Zamudio KR, Z??iga Chaves I, Woodhams DC, Vences M. Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale. Nat Ecol Evol. 2019 03; 3(3):381-389. PMID: 30778181.
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    36. Jin Song S, Woodhams DC, Martino C, Allaband C, Mu A, Javorschi-Miller-Montgomery S, Suchodolski JS, Knight R. Engineering the microbiome for animal health and conservation. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2019 04; 244(6):494-504. PMID: 30776908.
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    37. Flechas SV, Acosta-Gonz?lez A, Escobar LA, Kueneman JG, S?nchez-Quitian ZA, Parra-Giraldo CM, Rollins-Smith LA, Reinert LK, Vredenburg VT, Am?zquita A, Woodhams DC. Microbiota and skin defense peptides may facilitate coexistence of two sympatric Andean frog species with a lethal pathogen. ISME J. 2019 02; 13(2):361-373. PMID: 30254321.
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    38. Abarca JG, Vargas G, Zuniga I, Whitfield SM, Woodhams DC, Kerby J, McKenzie VJ, Murillo-Cruz C, Pinto-Tom?s AA. Assessment of Bacterial Communities Associated With the Skin of Costa Rican Amphibians at La Selva Biological Station. Front Microbiol. 2018; 9:2001. PMID: 30233511.
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    39. Voyles J, Woodhams DC, Saenz V, Byrne AQ, Perez R, Rios-Sotelo G, Ryan MJ, Bletz MC, Sobell FA, McLetchie S, Reinert L, Rosenblum EB, Rollins-Smith LA, Ib??ez R, Ray JM, Griffith EJ, Ross H, Richards-Zawacki CL. Shifts in disease dynamics in a tropical amphibian assemblage are not due to pathogen attenuation. Science. 2018 03 30; 359(6383):1517-1519. PMID: 29599242.
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    40. Kearns PJ, Fischer S, Fern?ndez-Beaskoetxea S, Gabor CR, Bosch J, Bowen JL, Tlusty MF, Woodhams DC. Fight Fungi with Fungi: Antifungal Properties of the Amphibian Mycobiome. Front Microbiol. 2017; 8:2494. PMID: 29312201.
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    41. Woodhams DC, LaBumbard BC, Barnhart KL, Becker MH, Bletz MC, Escobar LA, Flechas SV, Forman ME, Iannetta AA, Joyce MD, Rabemananjara F, Gratwicke B, Vences M, Minbiole KPC. Prodigiosin, Violacein, and Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by Widespread Cutaneous Bacteria of Amphibians Can Inhibit Two Batrachochytrium Fungal Pathogens. Microb Ecol. 2018 May; 75(4):1049-1062. PMID: 29119317.
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    42. Bletz MC, Myers J, Woodhams DC, Rabemananjara FCE, Rakotonirina A, Weldon C, Edmonds D, Vences M, Harris RN. Estimating Herd Immunity to Amphibian Chytridiomycosis in Madagascar Based on the Defensive Function of Amphibian Skin Bacteria. Front Microbiol. 2017; 8:1751. PMID: 28959244.
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    43. Barnhart K, Forman ME, Umile TP, Kueneman J, McKenzie V, Salinas I, Minbiole KPC, Woodhams DC. Identification of Bufadienolides from the Boreal Toad, Anaxyrus boreas, Active Against a Fungal Pathogen. Microb Ecol. 2017 11; 74(4):990-1000. PMID: 28631214.
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    44. Novakova E, Woodhams DC, Rodr?guez-Ruano SM, Brucker RM, Leff JW, Maharaj A, Amir A, Knight R, Scott J. Mosquito Microbiome Dynamics, a Background for Prevalence and Seasonality of West Nile Virus. Front Microbiol. 2017; 8:526. PMID: 28421042.
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    45. Rebollar EA, Woodhams DC, LaBumbard B, Kielgast J, Harris RN. Prevalence and pathogen load estimates for the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis are impacted by ITS DNA copy number variation. Dis Aquat Organ. 2017 03 21; 123(3):213-226. PMID: 28322208.
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    46. Davis LR, Bigler L, Woodhams DC. Developmental trajectories of amphibian microbiota: response to bacterial therapy depends on initial community structure. Environ Microbiol. 2017 04; 19(4):1502-1517. PMID: 28229543.
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    47. Piovia-Scott J, Rejmanek D, Woodhams DC, Worth SJ, Kenny H, McKenzie V, Lawler SP, Foley JE. Greater Species Richness of Bacterial Skin Symbionts Better Suppresses the Amphibian Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis. Microb Ecol. 2017 07; 74(1):217-226. PMID: 28064360.
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    48. Kueneman JG, Woodhams DC, Harris R, Archer HM, Knight R, McKenzie VJ. Probiotic treatment restores protection against lethal fungal infection lost during amphibian captivity. Proc Biol Sci. 2016 Sep 28; 283(1839). PMID: 27655769.
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    49. Woodhams DC, Bell SC, Bigler L, Caprioli RM, Chaurand P, Lam BA, Reinert LK, Stalder U, Vazquez VM, Schliep K, Hertz A, Rollins-Smith LA. Life history linked to immune investment in developing amphibians. Conserv Physiol. 2016; 4(1):cow025. PMID: 27928507.
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    50. Loudon AH, Venkataraman A, Van Treuren W, Woodhams DC, Parfrey LW, McKenzie VJ, Knight R, Schmidt TM, Harris RN. Vertebrate Hosts as Islands: Dynamics of Selection, Immigration, Loss, Persistence, and Potential Function of Bacteria on Salamander Skin. Front Microbiol. 2016; 7:333. PMID: 27014249.
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    51. Woodhams DC, Bletz M, Kueneman J, McKenzie V. Managing Amphibian Disease with Skin Microbiota. Trends Microbiol. 2016 Mar; 24(3):161-4. PMID: 26916805.
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    52. Calhoun DM, Woodhams D, Howard C, LaFonte BE, Gregory JR, Johnson PT. Role of Antimicrobial Peptides in Amphibian Defense Against Trematode Infection. Ecohealth. 2016 06; 13(2):383-91. PMID: 26911920.
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    53. Rebollar EA, Antwis RE, Becker MH, Belden LK, Bletz MC, Brucker RM, Harrison XA, Hughey MC, Kueneman JG, Loudon AH, McKenzie V, Medina D, Minbiole KP, Rollins-Smith LA, Walke JB, Weiss S, Woodhams DC, Harris RN. Using "Omics" and Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches to Guide Probiotic Selection to Mitigate Chytridiomycosis and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases. Front Microbiol. 2016; 7:68. PMID: 26870025.
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    54. Kueneman JG, Woodhams DC, Van Treuren W, Archer HM, Knight R, McKenzie VJ. Inhibitory bacteria reduce fungi on early life stages of endangered Colorado boreal toads (Anaxyrus boreas). ISME J. 2016 Apr; 10(4):934-44. PMID: 26565725.
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    55. Lowrey L, Woodhams DC, Tacchi L, Salinas I. Topographical Mapping of the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Microbiome Reveals a Diverse Bacterial Community with Antifungal Properties in the Skin. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 Oct; 81(19):6915-25. PMID: 26209676.
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    56. Becker MH, Walke JB, Murrill L, Woodhams DC, Reinert LK, Rollins-Smith LA, Burzynski EA, Umile TP, Minbiole KP, Belden LK. Phylogenetic distribution of symbiotic bacteria from Panamanian amphibians that inhibit growth of the lethal fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Mol Ecol. 2015 Apr; 24(7):1628-41. PMID: 25737297.
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    57. Bresciano JC, Salvador CA, Paz-Y-Mi?o C, Parody-Merino AM, Bosch J, Woodhams DC. Variation in the Presence of Anti-Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Bacteria of Amphibians Across Life Stages and Elevations in Ecuador. Ecohealth. 2015 Jun; 12(2):310-9. PMID: 25669915.
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    58. Woodhams DC, Brandt H, Baumgartner S, Kielgast J, K?pfer E, Tobler U, Davis LR, Schmidt BR, Bel C, Hodel S, Knight R, McKenzie V. Interacting symbionts and immunity in the amphibian skin mucosome predict disease risk and probiotic effectiveness. PLoS One. 2014; 9(4):e96375. PMID: 24789229.
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    59. K?ng D, Bigler L, Davis LR, Gratwicke B, Griffith E, Woodhams DC. Stability of microbiota facilitated by host immune regulation: informing probiotic strategies to manage amphibian disease. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e87101. PMID: 24489847.
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    60. Loudon AH, Woodhams DC, Parfrey LW, Archer H, Knight R, McKenzie V, Harris RN. Microbial community dynamics and effect of environmental microbial reservoirs on red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus). ISME J. 2014 Apr; 8(4):830-40. PMID: 24335825.
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    61. Kueneman JG, Parfrey LW, Woodhams DC, Archer HM, Knight R, McKenzie VJ. The amphibian skin-associated microbiome across species, space and life history stages. Mol Ecol. 2014 Mar; 23(6):1238-1250. PMID: 24171949.
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    62. Farrer RA, Henk DA, Garner TW, Balloux F, Woodhams DC, Fisher MC. Chromosomal copy number variation, selection and uneven rates of recombination reveal cryptic genome diversity linked to pathogenicity. PLoS Genet. 2013; 9(8):e1003703. PMID: 23966879.
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    63. Woodhams DC, Brucker RM. Disease defence through generations: leaf-cutter ants and their symbiotic bacteria. Mol Ecol. 2013 Aug; 22(16):4141-4143. PMID: 23927408.
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    64. Bletz MC, Loudon AH, Becker MH, Bell SC, Woodhams DC, Minbiole KP, Harris RN. Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis with bioaugmentation: characteristics of effective probiotics and strategies for their selection and use. Ecol Lett. 2013 Jun; 16(6):807-20. PMID: 23452227.
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    65. Woodhams DC, Bell SC, Kenyon N, Alford RA, Rollins-Smith LA. Immune evasion or avoidance: fungal skin infection linked to reduced defence peptides in Australian green-eyed treefrogs, Litoria serrata. Fungal Biol. 2012 Dec; 116(12):1203-11. PMID: 23245614.
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    66. Woodhams DC, Bigler L, Marschang R. Tolerance of fungal infection in European water frogs exposed to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis after experimental reduction of innate immune defenses. BMC Vet Res. 2012 Oct 23; 8:197. PMID: 23088169.
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    67. Maag N, Gehrer L, Woodhams DC. Sink or swim: a test of tadpole behavioral responses to predator cues and potential alarm pheromones from skin secretions. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2012 Nov; 198(11):841-6. PMID: 22972229.
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    68. Daum JM, Davis LR, Bigler L, Woodhams DC. Hybrid advantage in skin peptide immune defenses of water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus) at risk from emerging pathogens. Infect Genet Evol. 2012 Dec; 12(8):1854-64. PMID: 22940461.
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    69. Woodhams DC, Geiger CC, Reinert LK, Rollins-Smith LA, Lam B, Harris RN, Briggs CJ, Vredenburg VT, Voyles J. Treatment of amphibians infected with chytrid fungus: learning from failed trials with itraconazole, antimicrobial peptides, bacteria, and heat therapy. Dis Aquat Organ. 2012 Feb 17; 98(1):11-25. PMID: 22422126.
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    70. Rollins-Smith LA, Ramsey JP, Pask JD, Reinert LK, Woodhams DC. Amphibian immune defenses against chytridiomycosis: impacts of changing environments. Integr Comp Biol. 2011 Oct; 51(4):552-62. PMID: 21816807.
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    71. Woodhams DC, Bosch J, Briggs CJ, Cashins S, Davis LR, Lauer A, Muths E, Puschendorf R, Schmidt BR, Sheafor B, Voyles J. Mitigating amphibian disease: strategies to maintain wild populations and control chytridiomycosis. Front Zool. 2011 Apr 18; 8(1):8. PMID: 21496358.
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    72. Ramsey JP, Reinert LK, Harper LK, Woodhams DC, Rollins-Smith LA. Immune defenses against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a fungus linked to global amphibian declines, in the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. Infect Immun. 2010 Sep; 78(9):3981-92. PMID: 20584973.
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    73. Tennessen JA, Woodhams DC, Chaurand P, Reinert LK, Billheimer D, Shyr Y, Caprioli RM, Blouin MS, Rollins-Smith LA. Variations in the expressed antimicrobial peptide repertoire of northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) populations suggest intraspecies differences in resistance to pathogens. Dev Comp Immunol. 2009 Dec; 33(12):1247-57. PMID: 19622371.
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    74. Rollins-Smith LA, Ramsey JP, Reinert LK, Woodhams DC, Livo LJ, Carey C. Immune defenses of Xenopus laevis against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Front Biosci (Schol Ed). 2009 06 01; 1(1):68-91. PMID: 19482684.
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    75. Harris RN, Brucker RM, Walke JB, Becker MH, Schwantes CR, Flaherty DC, Lam BA, Woodhams DC, Briggs CJ, Vredenburg VT, Minbiole KP. Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus. ISME J. 2009 Jul; 3(7):818-24. PMID: 19322245.
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    76. Conlon JM, Demandt A, Nielsen PF, Leprince J, Vaudry H, Woodhams DC. The alyteserins: two families of antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the midwife toad Alytes obstetricans (Alytidae). Peptides. 2009 Jun; 30(6):1069-73. PMID: 19463738.
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    77. Abdel-Wahab YH, Power GJ, Flatt PR, Woodhams DC, Rollins-Smith LA, Conlon JM. A peptide of the phylloseptin family from the skin of the frog Hylomantis lemur (Phyllomedusinae) with potent in vitro and in vivo insulin-releasing activity. Peptides. 2008 Dec; 29(12):2136-43. PMID: 18848963.
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    78. Woodhams DC, Kilburn VL, Reinert LK, Voyles J, Medina D, Ib??ez R, Hyatt AD, Boyle DG, Pask JD, Green DM, Rollins-Smith LA. Chytridiomycosis and amphibian population declines continue to spread eastward in Panama. Ecohealth. 2008 Sep; 5(3):268-74. PMID: 18807089.
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    79. Woodhams DC, Alford RA, Briggs CJ, Johnson M, Rollins-Smith LA. Life-history trade-offs influence disease in changing climates: strategies of an amphibian pathogen. Ecology. 2008 Jun; 89(6):1627-39. PMID: 18589527.
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    80. Conlon JM, Woodhams DC, Raza H, Coquet L, Leprince J, Jouenne T, Vaudry H, Rollins-Smith LA. Peptides with differential cytolytic activity from skin secretions of the lemur leaf frog Hylomantis lemur (Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae). Toxicon. 2007 Sep 15; 50(4):498-506. PMID: 17561225.
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    81. Woodhams DC, Voyles J, Lips KR, Carey C, Rollins-Smith LA. Predicted disease susceptibility in a Panamanian amphibian assemblage based on skin peptide defenses. J Wildl Dis. 2006 Apr; 42(2):207-18. PMID: 16870844.
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    82. Rollins-Smith LA, Woodhams DC, Reinert LK, Vredenburg VT, Briggs CJ, Nielsen PF, Conlon JM. Antimicrobial peptide defenses of the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa). Dev Comp Immunol. 2006; 30(9):831-42. PMID: 16330099.
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    83. Woodhams DC, Rollins-Smith LA, Carey C, Reinert L, Tyler MJ, Alford RA. Population trends associated with skin peptide defenses against chytridiomycosis in Australian frogs. Oecologia. 2006 Jan; 146(4):531-40. PMID: 16205955.
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    84. Rollins-Smith LA, Reinert LK, O'Leary CJ, Houston LE, Woodhams DC. Antimicrobial Peptide defenses in amphibian skin. Integr Comp Biol. 2005 Jan; 45(1):137-42. PMID: 21676754.
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    85. Woodhams DC, Alford RA, Marantelli G. Emerging disease of amphibians cured by elevated body temperature. Dis Aquat Organ. 2003 Jun 20; 55(1):65-7. PMID: 12887256.
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