Molly Bletz
Assistant Professor of Disease Ecology
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Forest Resources
University Park, PA 16802 - she/her
- molly.bletz@psu.edu
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Huck Affiliations
Most Recent Publications
Preparing for a Bsal invasion into North America has improved multi-sector readiness
Deanna Olson, Evan Grant, Molly Bletz, Jonah Piovia-Scott, Lesbarr\`eres, David, Jacob Kerby, Michael Adams, Maria Breitman, Michelle Christman, Maria Forzan, others, Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science on p. 1347541
Reframing wildlife disease management problems with decision analysis
Margaret C. McEachran, Johanna A. Harvey, Riley O. Mummah, Molly C. Bletz, Claire S. Teitelbaum, Elias Rosenblatt, F. Javiera Rudolph, Fernando Arce, Shenglai Yin, Diann J. Prosser, Brittany A. Mosher, Jennifer M. Mullinax, Graziella V. DiRenzo, Jannelle Couret, Michael C. Runge, Evan H.Campbell Grant, Jonathan D. Cook, 2024, Conservation Biology
Draft genome sequences of 21 Pedobacter strains isolated from amphibian specimens
Celine M. Zumkeller, Molly C. Bletz, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Joana Sabino-Pinto, Silke Reiter, Marius Spohn, Oliver Schwengers, Alexander Goesmann, Miguel Vences, Sanja Mihajlovic, Till F. Schäberle, 2024, Genome Announcements
Quantitative support for the benefits of proactive management for wildlife disease control
Molly C. Bletz, Evan H.Campbell Grant, Graziella DiRenzo, 2024, Conservation Biology
Parental care contributes to vertical transmission of microbes in a skin-feeding and direct-developing caecilian
Marcel T. Kouete, Molly C. Bletz, Brandon C. LaBumbard, Douglas C. Woodhams, David C. Blackburn, 2023, Animal Microbiome
Broad host susceptibility of North American amphibian species to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans suggests high invasion potential and biodiversity risk
Matthew J. Gray, Edward Davis Carter, Jonah Piovia-Scott, J. Patrick W. Cusaac, Anna C. Peterson, Ross D. Whetstone, Andreas Hertz, Aura Y. Muniz-Torres, Molly C. Bletz, Douglas C. Woodhams, John M. Romansic, William B. Sutton, Wesley Sheley, Allan Pessier, Catherine D. McCusker, Mark Q. Wilber, Debra L. Miller, 2023, Nature Communications
One Health Approach to Globalizing, Accelerating, and Focusing Amphibian and Reptile Disease Research—Reflections and Opinions from the First Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference
Matthew J. Gray, Robert J. Ossiboff, Lee Berger, Molly C. Bletz, E. Davis Carter, Joseph A. DeMarchi, Leon Grayfer, David Lesbarrères, Daniel A. Malagon, An Martel, Debra L. Miller, Frank Pasmans, Lee F. Skerratt, Anastasia E. Towe, Mark Q. Wilber, 2023, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Effects of exogenous elevation of corticosterone on immunity and the skin microbiome of eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Kenzie E. Pereira, Molly C. Bletz, Julia A. McCartney, Douglas C. Woodhams, Sarah K. Woodley, 2023, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Disinfection protocols for herpetofaunal diseases
Molly Bletz, J Julian, MEGAN KIRCHGESSNER, JAMES DRASHER, PAULA HENRY, SUSAN JEWELL, PAMELA MEIER, KATHY MICHELL, JENNIFER OLORI, KEVIN OXENRIDER, others, 2023, Herpetological Review on p. 200--203
DISRUPTION OF THE ENDOGENOUS INDOLE GLUCOSINOLATE PATHWAY IMPACTS THE ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA ROOT EXUDATION PROFILE AND RHIZOBACTERIAL COMMUNITY
Daniel Acuna, Molly Bletz, Joelle Sasse, Shirley Micallef, Suzanne Kosina, Benjamin Bowen, Trent Northen, Adan Colon-Carmona, 2023, bioRxiv on p. 2023--11
Most-Cited Papers
Expanding distribution of lethal amphibian fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe
Annemarieke Spitzen-van der Sluijs, An Martel, Johan Asselberghs, Emma K. Bales, Wouter Beukema, Molly C. Bletz, Lutz Dalbeck, Edo Goverse, Alexander Kerres, Thierry Kinet, Kai Kirst, Arnaud Laudelout, Luis F. Marin da Fonte, Andreas Nöllert, Dagmar Ohlhoff, Joana Sabino-Pinto, Benedikt R. Schmidt, Jeroen Speybroeck, Frank Spikmans, Sebastian Steinfartz, Michael Veith, Miguel Vences, Norman Wagner, Frank Pasmans, Stefan Lötters, 2016, Emerging Infectious Diseases on p. 1286-1288
Amphibian gut microbiota shifts differentially in community structure but converges on habitat-specific predicted functions
Molly C. Bletz, Daniel J. Goedbloed, Eugenia Sanchez, Timm Reinhardt, Christoph C. Tebbe, Sabin Bhuju, Robert Geffers, Michael Jarek, Miguel Vences, Sebastian Steinfartz, 2016, Nature Communications
Shifts in disease dynamics in a tropical amphibian assemblage are not due to pathogen attenuation
Jamie Voyles, Douglas C. Woodhams, Veronica Saenz, Allison Q. Byrne, Rachel Perez, Gabriela Rios-Sotelo, Mason J. Ryan, Molly C. Bletz, Florence Ann Sobell, Shawna McLetchie, Laura Reinert, Erica Bree Rosenblum, Louise A. Rollins-Smith, Roberto Ibáñez, Julie M. Ray, Edgardo J. Griffith, Heidi Ross, Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki, 2018, Science on p. 1517-1519
Using "omics" and integrated multi-omics approaches to guide probiotic selection to mitigate chytridiomycosis and other emerging infectious diseases
Eria A. Rebollar, Rachael E. Antwis, Matthew H. Becker, Lisa K. Belden, Molly C. Bletz, Robert M. Brucker, Xavier A. Harrison, Myra C. Hughey, Jordan G. Kueneman, Andrew H. Loudon, Valerie McKenzie, Daniel Medina, Kevin P.C. Minbiole, Louise A. Rollins-Smith, Jenifer B. Walke, Sophie Weiss, Douglas C. Woodhams, Reid N. Harris, 2016, Frontiers in Microbiology
Prodigiosin, Violacein, and Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by Widespread Cutaneous Bacteria of Amphibians Can Inhibit Two Batrachochytrium Fungal Pathogens
Douglas C. Woodhams, Brandon C. LaBumbard, Kelly L. Barnhart, Matthew H. Becker, Molly C. Bletz, Laura A. Escobar, Sandra V. Flechas, Megan E. Forman, Anthony A. Iannetta, Maureen D. Joyce, Falitiana Rabemananjara, Brian Gratwicke, Miguel Vences, Kevin P.C. Minbiole, 2018, Microbial Ecology on p. 1049-1062
Cryptic diversity of a widespread global pathogen reveals expanded threats to amphibian conservation
Allison Q. Byrne, Vance T. Vredenburg, An Martel, Frank Pasmans, Rayna C. Bell, David C. Blackburn, Molly C. Bletz, Jaime Bosch, Cheryl J. Briggs, Rafe M. Brown, Alessandro Catenazzi, Mariel Familiar López, Raul Figueroa-Valenzuela, Sonia L. Ghose, Jef R. Jaeger, Andrea J. Jani, Miloslav Jirku, Roland A. Knapp, Antonio Muñoz, Daniel M. Portik, Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki, Heidi Rockney, Sean M. Rovito, Tariq Stark, Hasan Sulaeman, Nguyen Thien Tao, Jamie Voyles, Anthony W. Waddle, Zhiyong Yuan, Erica Bree Rosenblum, 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 20382-20387
Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale
Jordan G. Kueneman, Molly C. Bletz, Valerie J. McKenzie, C. Guilherme Becker, Maxwell B. Joseph, Juan G. Abarca, Holly Archer, Ana Lisette Arellano, Arnaud Bataille, Matthew Becker, Lisa K. Belden, Angelica Crottini, Robert Geffers, Célio F.B. Haddad, Reid N. Harris, Whitney M. Holden, Myra Hughey, Michael Jarek, Patrick J. Kearns, Jacob L. Kerby, Jos Kielgast, Atsushi Kurabayashi, Ana V. Longo, Andrew Loudon, Daniel Medina, José J. Nuñez, R. G.Bina Perl, Adrián Pinto-Tomás, Falitiana C.E. Rabemananjara, Eria A. Rebollar, Ariel Rodríguez, Louise Rollins-Smith, Robert Stevenson, Christoph C. Tebbe, Gabriel Vargas Asensio, Bruce Waldman, Jenifer B. Walke, Steven M. Whitfield, Kelly R. Zamudio, Ibrahim Zúñiga Chaves, Douglas C. Woodhams, Miguel Vences, 2019, Nature Ecology and Evolution on p. 381-389
Host ecology rather than host phylogeny drives amphibian skin microbial community structure in the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar
Molly C. Bletz, Holly Archer, Reid N. Harris, Valerie J. McKenzie, Falitiana C.E. Rabemananjara, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Miguel Vences, 2017, Frontiers in Microbiology
Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate
Douglas Woodhams, Molly Bletz, C. Guilherme Becker, Hayden Bender, Daniel Buitrago-Rosas, Hannah Diebboll, Roger Huynh, Patrick Kearns, Jordan Kueneman, Emmi Kurosawa, others, Brandon C. Labumbard, Casandra Lyons, Kerry McNally, Klaus Schliep, Nachiket Shankar, Amanda G. Tokash-Peters, Miguel Vences, Ross Whetstone, 2020, Genome Biology on p. 1--20
Managing Amphibian Disease with Skin Microbiota
Douglas C. Woodhams, Molly Bletz, Jordan Kueneman, Valerie McKenzie, 2016, Trends in Microbiology on p. 161-164