Molly Bletz

Assistant Professor of Disease Ecology

Molly Bletz

Huck Graduate Students

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Tetrodotoxin, fungal pathogen infection, and bacterial microbiome associations are variable in the skin microecosystems of two Taricha newt species

Talon Jost, Alysha Henderson, Brandon Labumbard, Krisztian Magori, Amber Stokes, Danica Bergin, Autumn Holley, Molly Bletz, Obed Hernandez-Gomez, Gary Bucciarelli, others, 2025, Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science on p. 1503056

DISRUPTION OF THE ENDOGENOUS INDOLE GLUCOSINOLATE PATHWAY IMPACTS THE ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA ROOT EXUDATION PROFILE AND RHIZOBACTERIAL COMMUNITY

Daniel Acuña, Molly Bletz, Joelle Sasse, Shirley Micallef, Suzanne Kosina, Benjamin Bowen, Trent Northen, Adán Colón-Carmona, 2025, Rhizosphere on p. 101046

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

Preparing for a Bsal invasion into North America has improved multi-sector readiness

Deanna Olson, Evan Grant, Molly Bletz, Jonah Piovia-Scott, Lesbarreres, David, Jacob Kerby, Michael Adams, Maria Breitman, Michelle Christman, Maria Forzan, others, 2024, Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science on p. 1347541

Micromanagement: Conditions influencing antipathogen function of the skin microbiome in spotted salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum

Kelly Barnhart, Brandon Labumbard, Patrick Kearns, Rakeyah Ahsan, Ross Whetstone, Molly Bletz, Saleh Alkhalifa, Anthony Poltronetti, Amanda Tokash-Peters, Caitlin Gabor, others, 2024, Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science on p. 1425570

Infectious diseases: Advances and challenges in addressing emerging pathogens

Molly Bletz, Brian Gratwicke, Anat Belasen, Alessandro Catenazzi, Amanda Duffus, Margarita Lampo, Deanna Olson, Felipe Toledo10, Karthikeyan Vasudevan11, 2024, IUCN SSC Occasional Paper

Quantitative support for the benefits of proactive management for wildlife disease control

Molly C. Bletz, Evan H.Campbell Grant, Graziella DiRenzo, 2024, Conservation Biology

Proactive management outperforms reactive strategies for wildlife disease control

Molly Bletz, Evan Grant, Graziella DiRenzo, 2024, Dryad

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

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

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

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

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

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

Managing Amphibian Disease with Skin Microbiota

Douglas C. Woodhams, Molly Bletz, Jordan Kueneman, Valerie McKenzie, 2016, Trends in Microbiology on p. 161-164