Connecting habitats, boosting disease resistance: Spatial connectivity enhances amphibian microbiome defenses against fungal pathogen

Daniel Medina; Renato A. Martins; Paula R. Prist; Shannon Buttimer; Wesley J. Neely; Laura K. Schuck; Sasha E. Greenspan; Mariana L. Lyra; Patrick J. Kearns; Douglas C. Woodhams; Molly C. Bletz; Vinicius A. São-Pedro; Célio F.B. Haddad; C. Guilherme Becker

doi:10.1073/pnas.2520745123

Connecting habitats, boosting disease resistance: Spatial connectivity enhances amphibian microbiome defenses against fungal pathogen

Daniel Medina
, Renato A. Martins
, Paula R. Prist
, Shannon Buttimer
, Wesley J. Neely
, Laura K. Schuck
, Sasha E. Greenspan
, Mariana L. Lyra
, Patrick J. Kearns
, Douglas C. Woodhams
, Molly C. Bletz
, Vinicius A. São-Pedro
, Célio F.B. Haddad
, C. Guilherme Becker

Biology

Pennsylvania State University
School for Field Studies
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
EcoHealth Alliance
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Texas State University
Kennedy Krieger Institute
New York University Abu Dhabi
Universidade Federal de São Carlos

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Original language	English
Article number	e2520745123
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	123
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520745123
State	Published - Apr 28 2026

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acquired resistance
landscape connectivity
microbial filtering
microbiota

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Medina, D., Martins, R. A., Prist, P. R., Buttimer, S., Neely, W. J., Schuck, L. K., Greenspan, S. E., Lyra, M. L., Kearns, P. J., Woodhams, D. C., Bletz, M. C., São-Pedro, V. A., Haddad, C. F. B., & Becker, C. G. (2026). Connecting habitats, boosting disease resistance: Spatial connectivity enhances amphibian microbiome defenses against fungal pathogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(17), Article e2520745123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520745123

Connecting habitats, boosting disease resistance: Spatial connectivity enhances amphibian microbiome defenses against fungal pathogen. / Medina, Daniel; Martins, Renato A.; Prist, Paula R. et al.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 123, No. 17, e2520745123, 28.04.2026.

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Medina, D, Martins, RA, Prist, PR, Buttimer, S, Neely, WJ, Schuck, LK, Greenspan, SE, Lyra, ML, Kearns, PJ, Woodhams, DC, Bletz, MC, São-Pedro, VA, Haddad, CFB & Becker, CG 2026, 'Connecting habitats, boosting disease resistance: Spatial connectivity enhances amphibian microbiome defenses against fungal pathogen', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 123, no. 17, e2520745123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520745123

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