Strategy One (Species-Specific Approach):  Find probiotics for critically-endangered species in Madagascar, such as Mantella aurantiaca.  These probiotics can be administered by individual probiotics baths.

 

Strategy Two (Community-based Approach): Find probiotics that can protect amphibian communities by treating breeding sites where amphibians congregate. 

 

** We stress that bioaugmentation approaches must use bacteria found on amphibian in the local environment to improve success and minimize biosafety concerns.

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