Skin Microbes and Animal Health: Understanding the Ecological Context

皮肤微生物和动物健康：了解生态环境

• 批准号: DP210102176
• 负责人: Prof Keith Christian
• 金额: $ 31.65万
• 依托单位: Charles Darwin University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-02-15 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP210102176
• 关键词: Skin; Microbes; Animal; Health; Understanding

This project aims to understand the fundamental ecological relationships between animal hosts (frogs, geckos) and bacteria on their skin by separating host effects from environmental factors that determine skin microbiome composition. The research is significant because it will generate new knowledge needed to understand how skin microbes function in providing protection against disease. Expected outcomes include the provision of essential information that will guide future research efforts on the factors that determine a healthy skin microbial community (which is needed before skin diseases can be combated). The research will provide significant benefits, including more targeted conservation efforts to combat wildlife skin diseases.

该项目旨在通过将宿主效应与决定皮肤微生物组组成的环境因素分开，了解动物宿主（青蛙，壁虎）与其皮肤上的细菌之间的基本生态关系。这项研究意义重大，因为它将产生了解皮肤微生物如何提供预防疾病的功能所需的新知识。预期成果包括提供基本信息，指导今后关于决定健康皮肤微生物群落的因素的研究工作（这是防治皮肤病所必需的）。这项研究将带来巨大的好处，包括更有针对性的保护工作，以打击野生动物皮肤病。