Molly Bletz

Assistant Professor of Disease Ecology

Molly Bletz

Huck Graduate Students

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 Bletz, Evan Grant, Graziella DiRenzo, 2024, Conservation Biology on p. e14363

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

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

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

Managing Amphibian Disease with Skin Microbiota

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

Widespread presence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild amphibian communities in Madagascar

Molly C. Bletz, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Franco Andreone, Elodie A. Courtois, Dirk S. Schmeller, Nirhy H.C. Rabibisoa, Falitiana C.E. Rabemananjara, Liliane Raharivololoniaina, Miguel Vences, Ché Weldon, Devin Edmonds, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Reid N. Harris, Matthew C. Fisher, Angelica Crottini, 2015, Scientific Reports