2025
Bates, K.A., Rivera, V.B., Glicklich, D., Diflo, T., Chaturvedi, V. & Nog, R. Characterizing the urinary microbiome in renal transplant patients with BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) reactivation. In Review.
Garner, T.W.J., Harrison, X.A., Fenton, A., Ghosh, P.N., Verster, R., Murray, K.A., Brookers, L.M., Allen, B.E., Farrer, R.A., Schmidt, B.R., Bates, K.A., Kruger, N., Wolmarans, A., Bosch, J., Fisher, M.C., Weldon, C. (2025). Lineage-specific trait variation generates widespread, contemporaneous coexistence and competitive exclusion dynamics in an invasive, multihost wildlife parasite. BioRxiv.
Bates, K.A., Rosa, G., Garner, T.W.J. Ranavirus. Trends in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2025.02.008
Li, J., Smith, C., Chen, J., Bates, K.A., King, K.C. (2025). Warming during different life stages has distinct impacts on host resistance ecology and evolution. Ecology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70087
2024
Spiro, S., Pereira, M., Bates, K.A., Jaunmuktane, Z., Denk, D., Stidworthy, M., Everest, D., Nunez, A., Wrigglesworth, E., Barbon, A., Nye, E., Liu, Y., Fiddaman, S. (2024) Incidence and characterization of polyglucosan bodies in the cerebella of Montserrat orioles (Icterus oberi). Veterinary Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1177/03009858241270000
Thumsova, B., Gonzalez-Miras, E., Rubio, A., Granados, I., Bates, K.A., Bosch, J. (2024) Chemical disinfection as a simple and reliable method to eradicate the chytrid fungus from natural populations of pond-dwelling amphibians. Scientific Reports. 14, 5151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55946-1.
2023
Bates, K.A., Loyau, A., Butler, H., Laufer, J., Friesen, J., Schmeller, D.S. (2023) Environmentaland anthropogenic factors shape the skin bacterial communities of a semi-arid amphibian species. Microbial Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02130-5.
Hanski, E., Khanyari, M., Li, J., Bates, K.A., Zuther, S., Maiden, M., Kock, R., Knowles, S. (2023) Gut microbiome of the critically endangered Saiga antelope across two populations in a year without mass mortality. Scientific Reports. 13, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44393-z
Li, J.D., Bates, K.A., Hoang, K.L., Hector, T.E., Knowles, S.C.L., King, K.C. (2023) Experimental temperatures shape host microbiome diversity and composition. Global Change Biology. 29, 41-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16429
2022
Bates, K.A., Sommer, U., Shelton, M.G., Wierzbicki, C., Hopkins, K.P., Tapley, B., Michaels, C., Viant, M., Harrison, X.A., Garner, T.W.J., Fisher, M.C. (2022) Microbiome function predicts amphibian chytridiomycosis disease dynamics. Microbiome. 10, 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01215-6
Schmeller, D.S., Urbach, D., Bates, K.A., Catalan, J., Cogalniceanu, D., Fisher, M.C., Friesen, J., Fureder, L., Gaube,V., Haver, M., Jacobsen, D., Le Roux, G., Lin, Y., Loyau, A., Machate, O., Mayer, A., Palomo, I., Plutzar, C., Sommaruga, R., Ripple, W.J. (2022) Scientists’ warning of threats to mountains. Science of the Total Environment. 83, 158611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158611
Bates, K.A., Higgins, C., Neiman, M., and King, K.C. (2022) Turning the tide on sex and the microbiota in aquatic animals. Hydrobiologia. 850, 3823-3835. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-04862-4
Wu-Chuang, A, Bates, K.A., Obregon, D., Cabezas-Cruz, A., and King, K.C. (2022) Rapid evolution of novel beneficial microbe into keystone taxon in Caenorhabditis elegans microbiota. Scientific Reports. 12, 14045. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18269-7.
2021
Bates, K.A. & King, K.C.(2021) Leucobacter. Trends in Microbiology. 29, 1046-1047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2021.06.010
Bates, K.A., Bolton, J.S. & King, K.C. (2021) A globally ubiquitous symbiont can drive host experimental evolution. Molecular Ecology. 30, 3882-3892. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15998
Stevens, E., Bates, K.A. & King, K.C. (2021) Host microbiota can facilitate pathogen infection. PLoS Pathogens. 17(5), e1009514. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009514
Marcogliese, D.J., King, K.C. & Bates, K.A. (2021) Effects of multiple stressors on northern leopard frogs in agricultural wetlands. Parasitology. 148, 827-834. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118202100038X
2019
Bates, K.A., Shelton, J.M.G., Mercier, V.L., Hopkins, K., Harrison, X.A., Petrovan, S.O., Fisher, M.C. (2019) Captivity and infection by the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans perturb the amphibian skin microbiome. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10, 1834. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.01834.
2018
Ghosh, P., Fisher, M.C., Bates, K.A. (2018) Diagnosing emerging fungal threats: a one health perspective. Frontiers in Genetics. 9, 376. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00376.
Bates, K.A., Clare, F.C., O’Hanlon, S., Bosch, J., Brookes, L., Hopkins, K., McLaughlin, E., Daniel, E., Garner, T.W.J., Fisher, M.C., Harrison, X.A. (2018). Amphibian chytridiomycosis outbreak dynamics are linked with host skin bacterial community structure. Nature Communications. 9, 693. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02967-w.
O’Hanlon, S..(56 authors)..Bates, K.A..Fisher, M.C. (2018). Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines. Science. 360(6389):621-627. doi:10.1126/science.aar1965.
Fisher, M.C., Ghosh, P., Shelton, J.M.G., Bates, K.A. et al. (2018). Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of chytrids from amphibians. Scientific Reports. 8, 7772. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24472-2.
2017
Dillon, M.J., Bowkett, A.E., Bungard, M.J., Beckman, K., O’Brien, M., Bates, K.A., Fisher, M.C., Stevens, J.R. & Thornton, C.R. (2017). Tracking the amphibian pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans by using a highly specific monoclonal antibody and lateral-flow technology. Microbial Biotechnology. 10(2): 381-394. doi:10.1111/17517915.12464
