Lactic Acid Bacteria as potential control agents of Batrachochytium dendrobatidis

MARIA VIRGINIA NIEDERLE; CESAR EMMANUEL ALE; M. A ACEVEDO; MARIA ELENA FÁTIMA NADER; L.F. TOLEDO; SERGIO ENRIQUE PASTERIS

Tucuman

Simposio; V Simposio Internacional de Bacterias Lacticas; 2016

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Chytridiomycosis(CM)isaworldwideemerginginfectiousdiseasethatproducesglobalamphibiandeclines(6)inbothwildandcaptivespecies,someofthemendangered,beingBatrachochytriumdendrobatidis(Bd)theetiologicalagent(7-9,16-7).Nowadays,probioticsrepresentanovelapproachtopreventCM(12,15,18)andincludeareducedspectrumofautochthonousskin-microorganisms inwhich lacticacidbacteria (LAB)arenotinvolved.Moreover,Lithobatescatesbeianus(LC)orAmericanbullfrogisaBdcarrierbypromotingtheCMdissemination.OurresearchgrouphadreportedLABasmembersoftheautochthonousmicrobiotaofLCandhaddemonstratedthatsomespeciesshowedbeneficialpropertiesagainstRedLegSyndrome-relatedpathogens.TakingintoconsiderationthatLABcouldco-evoluti