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      <STUDY_TITLE>skin bacteria of metamorphosing frogs Targeted Locus (Loci)</STUDY_TITLE>
      <STUDY_TYPE existing_study_type="Metagenomics"/>
      <STUDY_ABSTRACT>In organisms with complex life histories, dramatic changes in microbial community structure may occur with host development and immune system maturation. Amphibian host susceptibility to diseases such as chytridiomycosis may be affected by the reorganisation of skin microbial community structure that occurs during metamorphosis. We followed changes in bacteria community structure on the skin of Korean fire-bellied toads (Bombina orientalis) that we infected as tadpoles with different strains of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), the pathogenic fungus that causes chytridiomycosis.</STUDY_ABSTRACT>
      <CENTER_PROJECT_NAME>skin metagenome</CENTER_PROJECT_NAME>
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