Reid N Harris

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Affiliation: James Madison University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Amphibian chemical defense: antifungal metabolites of the microsymbiont Janthinobacterium lividum on the salamander Plethodon cinereus
    Robert M Brucker
    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    J Chem Ecol 34:1422-9. 2008
  2. ncbi Addition of antifungal skin bacteria to salamanders ameliorates the effects of chytridiomycosis
    Reid N Harris
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA
    Dis Aquat Organ 83:11-6. 2009
  3. ncbi Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus
    Reid N Harris
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, MSC 7801, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    ISME J 3:818-24. 2009
  4. ncbi Diversity of cutaneous bacteria with antifungal activity isolated from female four-toed salamanders
    Antje Lauer
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA
    ISME J 2:145-57. 2008
  5. ncbi Antifungal skin bacteria, embryonic survival, and communal nesting in four-toed salamanders, Hemidactylium scutatum
    Jenifer L Banning
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, MSC 7801, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    Oecologia 156:423-9. 2008
  6. ncbi Motile zoospores of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis move away from antifungal metabolites produced by amphibian skin bacteria
    Brianna A Lam
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, 820 Madison Dr MSC 7801, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    Ecohealth 8:36-45. 2011
  7. ncbi The identification of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol as an antifungal metabolite produced by cutaneous bacteria of the salamander Plethodon cinereus
    Robert M Brucker
    Departments of Biology and Chemistry, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    J Chem Ecol 34:39-43. 2008
  8. ncbi Synergistic inhibition of the lethal fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: the combined effect of symbiotic bacterial metabolites and antimicrobial peptides of the frog Rana muscosa
    Jillian M Myers
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, MSC 7801, 951 Carrier Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    J Chem Ecol 38:958-65. 2012

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Publications8

  1. ncbi Amphibian chemical defense: antifungal metabolites of the microsymbiont Janthinobacterium lividum on the salamander Plethodon cinereus
    Robert M Brucker
    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    J Chem Ecol 34:1422-9. 2008
    ..Exploitation of this biological process may provide long-term resistance to B. dendrobatidis for vulnerable amphibians and serve as a model for managing future emerging diseases in wildlife populations...
  2. ncbi Addition of antifungal skin bacteria to salamanders ameliorates the effects of chytridiomycosis
    Reid N Harris
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA
    Dis Aquat Organ 83:11-6. 2009
    ..Our results also suggest a mechanism for the association of climate change and the likelihood of chytridiomycosis outbreaks via the effects of the former on antifungal bacterial communities...
  3. ncbi Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus
    Reid N Harris
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, MSC 7801, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    ISME J 3:818-24. 2009
    ..A bioaugmentation strategy may be an effective management tool to control chytridiomycosis in amphibian survival assurance colonies and in nature...
  4. ncbi Diversity of cutaneous bacteria with antifungal activity isolated from female four-toed salamanders
    Antje Lauer
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA
    ISME J 2:145-57. 2008
    ..The resident cutaneous antifungal bacteria may play an important role in amphibians' innate defense against pathogens, including the lethal chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis...
  5. ncbi Antifungal skin bacteria, embryonic survival, and communal nesting in four-toed salamanders, Hemidactylium scutatum
    Jenifer L Banning
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, MSC 7801, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    Oecologia 156:423-9. 2008
    ..Microbe transmission is usually thought to be a cost of group living, but communal nesting in H. scutatum may facilitate the transmission of antifungal bacteria to embryos...
  6. ncbi Motile zoospores of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis move away from antifungal metabolites produced by amphibian skin bacteria
    Brianna A Lam
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, 820 Madison Dr MSC 7801, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    Ecohealth 8:36-45. 2011
    ..These results suggest that amphibians that have skin bacteria produce antifungal metabolites that might be able to keep B. dendrobatidis infections below the lethal threshold and thus are able to co-exist with the fungus...
  7. ncbi The identification of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol as an antifungal metabolite produced by cutaneous bacteria of the salamander Plethodon cinereus
    Robert M Brucker
    Departments of Biology and Chemistry, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    J Chem Ecol 34:39-43. 2008
    ..73 microM, comparable to crude extract concentrations. This study is the first to show that an epibiotic bacterium on an amphibian species produces a chemical that inhibits pathogenic fungi...
  8. ncbi Synergistic inhibition of the lethal fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: the combined effect of symbiotic bacterial metabolites and antimicrobial peptides of the frog Rana muscosa
    Jillian M Myers
    Department of Biology, James Madison University, MSC 7801, 951 Carrier Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    J Chem Ecol 38:958-65. 2012
    ..These results may aid conservation efforts to augment amphibian skins' resistance to chytridiomycosis by introducing anti-Bd bacterial species that work synergistically with amphibian AMPs...