Valerie J. McKenzie, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States 
Area:
Parasitology, Crustacean Biology

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2023 Alexiev A, Melie T, Martindale R, Delacey C, Quandt CA, McKenzie VJ. Mr. Toad's Wild Fungi: Fungal Isolate Diversity on Colorado Boreal Toads and their Capacity for Pathogen Inhibition. Fungal Ecology. 66. PMID 38487623 DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2023.101297  0.341
2023 Korpita TM, Muths EL, Watry MK, McKenzie VJ. Captivity, Reintroductions, and the Rewilding of Amphibian-associated Bacterial Communities. Microbial Ecology. PMID 37222806 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-023-02229-3  0.485
2023 Alexiev A, Chen MY, Korpita T, Weier AM, McKenzie VJ. Together or Alone: Evaluating the Pathogen Inhibition Potential of Bacterial Cocktails against an Amphibian Pathogen. Microbiology Spectrum. e0151822. PMID 36719234 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01518-22  0.34
2022 Chen MY, Kueneman JG, González A, Humphrey G, Knight R, McKenzie VJ. Predicting fungal infection rate and severity with skin-associated microbial communities on amphibians. Molecular Ecology. PMID 35076975 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16372  0.758
2022 Chen MY, Alexiev A, McKenzie VJ. Bacterial biofilm thickness and fungal-inhibitory bacterial richness both prevent establishment of the amphibian fungal pathogen, . Applied and Environmental Microbiology. AEM0160421. PMID 35044804 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01604-21  0.414
2021 Alexiev A, Chen MY, McKenzie VJ. Identifying fungal-host associations in an amphibian host system. Plos One. 16: e0256328. PMID 34411153 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256328  0.457
2020 Song SJ, Sanders JG, Delsuc F, Metcalf J, Amato K, Taylor MW, Mazel F, Lutz HL, Winker K, Graves GR, Humphrey G, Gilbert JA, Hackett SJ, White KP, Skeen HR, ... ... McKenzie VJ, et al. Comparative Analyses of Vertebrate Gut Microbiomes Reveal Convergence between Birds and Bats. Mbio. 11. PMID 31911491 DOI: 10.1128/Mbio.02901-19  0.495
2019 Song SJ, Sanders JG, Baldassarre DT, Chaves JA, Johnson NS, Piaggio AJ, Stuckey MJ, Nováková E, Metcalf JL, Chomel BB, Aguilar-Setién A, Knight R, McKenzie VJ. Is there convergence of gut microbes in blood-feeding vertebrates? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 374: 20180249. PMID 31154984 DOI: 10.1098/Rstb.2018.0249  0.437
2019 Kueneman JG, Bletz MC, McKenzie VJ, Becker CG, Joseph MB, Abarca JG, Archer H, Arellano AL, Bataille A, Becker M, Belden LK, Crottini A, Geffers R, Haddad CFB, Harris RN, et al. Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale. Nature Ecology & Evolution. PMID 30778181 DOI: 10.1038/S41559-019-0798-1  0.791
2019 West AG, Waite DW, Deines P, Bourne DG, Digby A, McKenzie VJ, Taylor MW. The microbiome in threatened species conservation Biological Conservation. 229: 85-98. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2018.11.016  0.494
2018 Resasco J, Bitters ME, Cunningham SA, Jones HI, McKenzie VJ, Davies KF. Experimental habitat fragmentation disrupts nematode infections in Australian skinks. Ecology. PMID 30488947 DOI: 10.1002/Ecy.2547  0.415
2018 Abarca JG, Vargas G, Zuniga I, Whitfield SM, Woodhams DC, Kerby J, McKenzie VJ, Murillo-Cruz C, Pinto-Tomás AA. Assessment of Bacterial Communities Associated With the Skin of Costa Rican Amphibians at La Selva Biological Station. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 2001. PMID 30233511 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2018.02001  0.628
2018 McKenzie VJ, Kueneman JG, Harris RN. Probiotics as a tool for disease mitigation in wildlife: insights from food production and medicine. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. PMID 29479716 DOI: 10.1111/Nyas.13617  0.741
2018 Prest TL, Kimball AK, Kueneman JG, McKenzie VJ. Host associated bacterial community succession during amphibian development. Molecular Ecology. PMID 29411448 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.14507  0.784
2017 Kueneman JG, Weiss S, McKenzie VJ. Composition of Micro-eukaryotes on the Skin of the Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae) and Patterns of Correlation between Skin Microbes and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8: 2350. PMID 29276502 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2017.02350  0.78
2017 Metcalf JL, Song SJ, Morton JT, Weiss S, Seguin-Orlando A, Joly F, Feh C, Taberlet P, Coissac E, Amir A, Willerslev E, Knight R, McKenzie V, Orlando L. Evaluating the impact of domestication and captivity on the horse gut microbiome. Scientific Reports. 7: 15497. PMID 29138485 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-017-15375-9  0.464
2017 Thompson LR, Sanders JG, McDonald D, Amir A, Ladau J, Locey KJ, Prill RJ, Tripathi A, Gibbons SM, Ackermann G, Navas-Molina JA, Janssen S, Kopylova E, Vázquez-Baeza Y, González A, ... ... McKenzie V, et al. A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity. Nature. PMID 29088705 DOI: 10.1038/Nature24621  0.413
2017 McKenzie VJ, Song SJ, Delsuc F, Prest TL, Oliverio AM, Korpita TM, Alexiev A, Amato KR, Metcalf JL, Kowalewski M, Avenant NL, Link A, Di Fiore A, Seguin-Orlando A, Feh C, et al. The Effects of Captivity on the Mammalian Gut Microbiome. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 28985326 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icx090  0.511
2017 Bletz MC, Archer H, Harris RN, McKenzie VJ, Rabemananjara FCE, Rakotoarison A, Vences M. Host Ecology Rather Than Host Phylogeny Drives Amphibian Skin Microbial Community Structure in the Biodiversity Hotspot of Madagascar. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8: 1530. PMID 28861051 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2017.01530  0.614
2017 Barnhart K, Forman ME, Umile TP, Kueneman J, McKenzie V, Salinas I, Minbiole KPC, Woodhams DC. Identification of Bufadienolides from the Boreal Toad, Anaxyrus boreas, Active Against a Fungal Pathogen. Microbial Ecology. PMID 28631214 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-017-0997-8  0.762
2017 Piovia-Scott J, Rejmanek D, Woodhams DC, Worth SJ, Kenny H, McKenzie V, Lawler SP, Foley JE. Greater Species Richness of Bacterial Skin Symbionts Better Suppresses the Amphibian Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis. Microbial Ecology. PMID 28064360 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-016-0916-4  0.573
2016 Avena CV, Parfrey LW, Leff JW, Archer HM, Frick WF, Langwig KE, Kilpatrick AM, Powers KE, Foster JT, McKenzie VJ. Deconstructing the Bat Skin Microbiome: Influences of the Host and the Environment. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7: 1753. PMID 27909426 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2016.01753  0.61
2016 Hyde ER, Navas-Molina JA, Song SJ, Kueneman JG, Ackermann G, Cardona C, Humphrey G, Boyer D, Weaver T, Mendelson JR, McKenzie VJ, Gilbert JA, Knight R. The Oral and Skin Microbiomes of Captive Komodo Dragons Are Significantly Shared with Their Habitat. Msystems. 1. PMID 27822543 DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00046-16  0.746
2016 Kueneman JG, Woodhams DC, Harris R, Archer HM, Knight R, McKenzie VJ. Probiotic treatment restores protection against lethal fungal infection lost during amphibian captivity. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 283. PMID 27655769 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2016.1553  0.787
2016 Loudon AH, Venkataraman A, Van Treuren W, Woodhams DC, Parfrey LW, McKenzie VJ, Knight R, Schmidt TM, Harris RN. Vertebrate Hosts as Islands: Dynamics of Selection, Immigration, Loss, Persistence, and Potential Function of Bacteria on Salamander Skin. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7: 333. PMID 27014249 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2016.00333  0.554
2016 Vences M, Lyra ML, Kueneman JG, Bletz MC, Archer HM, Canitz J, Handreck S, Randrianiaina RD, Struck U, Bhuju S, Jarek M, Geffers R, McKenzie VJ, Tebbe CC, Haddad CF, et al. Gut bacterial communities across tadpole ecomorphs in two diverse tropical anuran faunas. Die Naturwissenschaften. 103: 25. PMID 26924012 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-016-1348-1  0.772
2016 Mischler J, Johnson PT, McKenzie VJ, Townsend AR. Parasite infection alters nitrogen cycling at the ecosystem scale. The Journal of Animal Ecology. PMID 26919319 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12505  0.424
2016 Woodhams DC, Bletz M, Kueneman J, McKenzie V. Managing Amphibian Disease with Skin Microbiota. Trends in Microbiology. 24: 161-4. PMID 26916805 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tim.2015.12.010  0.756
2016 Rebollar EA, Antwis RE, Becker MH, Belden LK, Bletz MC, Brucker RM, Harrison XA, Hughey MC, Kueneman JG, Loudon AH, McKenzie V, Medina D, Minbiole KP, Rollins-Smith LA, Walke JB, et al. Using "Omics" and Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches to Guide Probiotic Selection to Mitigate Chytridiomycosis and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7: 68. PMID 26870025 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2016.00068  0.757
2016 Woodhams DC, Bletz M, Kueneman J, McKenzie V. Managing Amphibian Disease with Skin Microbiota Trends in Microbiology. 24: 161-164. DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.12.010  0.723
2015 Kueneman JG, Woodhams DC, Van Treuren W, Archer HM, Knight R, McKenzie VJ. Inhibitory bacteria reduce fungi on early life stages of endangered Colorado boreal toads (Anaxyrus boreas). The Isme Journal. PMID 26565725 DOI: 10.1038/Ismej.2015.168  0.798
2015 Woodhams DC, Alford RA, Antwis RE, Archer H, Becker MH, Belden LK, Bell SC, Bletz M, Daskin JH, Davis LR, Flechas SV, Lauer A, Gonzalez A, Harris RN, Holden WM, ... ... McKenzie V, et al. Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens Ecology. 96: 595-595. DOI: 10.1890/14-1837.1  0.789
2015 Holden WM, Hanlon SM, Woodhams DC, Chappell TM, Wells HL, Glisson SM, McKenzie VJ, Knight R, Parris MJ, Rollins-Smith LA. Skin bacteria provide early protection for newly metamorphosed southern leopard frogs (Rana sphenocephala) against the frog-killing fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Biological Conservation. 187: 91-102. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2015.04.007  0.594
2014 Peterson AC, McKenzie VJ. Investigating differences across host species and scales to explain the distribution of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Plos One. 9: e107441. PMID 25222375 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0107441  0.455
2014 Woodhams DC, Brandt H, Baumgartner S, Kielgast J, Küpfer E, Tobler U, Davis LR, Schmidt BR, Bel C, Hodel S, Knight R, McKenzie V. Interacting symbionts and immunity in the amphibian skin mucosome predict disease risk and probiotic effectiveness. Plos One. 9: e96375. PMID 24789229 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0096375  0.565
2014 Loudon AH, Woodhams DC, Parfrey LW, Archer H, Knight R, McKenzie V, Harris RN. Microbial community dynamics and effect of environmental microbial reservoirs on red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus). The Isme Journal. 8: 830-40. PMID 24335825 DOI: 10.1038/Ismej.2013.200  0.582
2014 Kueneman JG, Parfrey LW, Woodhams DC, Archer HM, Knight R, McKenzie VJ. The amphibian skin-associated microbiome across species, space and life history stages. Molecular Ecology. 23: 1238-50. PMID 24171949 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.12510  0.807
2013 McMahon TA, Brannelly LA, Chatfield MW, Johnson PT, Joseph MB, McKenzie VJ, Richards-Zawacki CL, Venesky MD, Rohr JR. Chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has nonamphibian hosts and releases chemicals that cause pathology in the absence of infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110: 210-5. PMID 23248288 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1200592110  0.376
2013 Johnson PTJ, Hoverman JT, McKenzie VJ, Blaustein AR, Richgels KLD. Urbanization and wetland communities: Applying metacommunity theory to understand the local and landscape effects Journal of Applied Ecology. 50: 34-42. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12022  0.366
2013 Peterson AC, Richgels KLD, Johnson PTJ, McKenzie VJ. Investigating the dispersal routes used by an invasive amphibian, Lithobates catesbeianus, in human-dominated landscapes Biological Invasions. 15: 2179-2191. DOI: 10.1007/S10530-013-0442-Y  0.373
2012 McKenzie VJ, Peterson AC. Pathogen pollution and the emergence of a deadly amphibian pathogen. Molecular Ecology. 21: 5151-4. PMID 23075064 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.12013  0.307
2012 McKenzie VJ, Bowers RM, Fierer N, Knight R, Lauber CL. Co-habiting amphibian species harbor unique skin bacterial communities in wild populations. The Isme Journal. 6: 588-96. PMID 21955991 DOI: 10.1038/Ismej.2011.129  0.612
2012 Kao RH, Gibson CM, Gallery RE, Meier CL, Barnett DT, Docherty KM, Blevins KK, Travers PD, Azuaje E, Springer YP, Thibault KM, McKenzie VJ, Keller M, Alves LF, Hinckley ES, et al. NEON terrestrial field observations: designing continental-scale, standardized sampling Ecosphere. 3: art115. DOI: 10.1890/Es12-00196.1  0.333
2011 Johnson PT, McKenzie VJ, Peterson AC, Kerby JL, Brown J, Blaustein AR, Jackson T. Regional decline of an iconic amphibian associated with elevation, land-use change, and invasive species. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. 25: 556-66. PMID 21342266 DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2010.01645.X  0.384
2010 Torchin ME, McKenzie VJ. Introduction of Armand Kuris, recipient of the 2010 Clark P. Read Mentor Award. The Journal of Parasitology. 96: 1041-3. PMID 21158606 DOI: 10.1645/Ge-2636.1  0.605
2010 McKenzie VJ, Goulet NE. Bird community composition linked to human West Nile virus cases along the Colorado front range. Ecohealth. 7: 439-47. PMID 21125307 DOI: 10.1007/S10393-010-0360-8  0.391
2010 Johnson PT, Townsend AR, Cleveland CC, Glibert PM, Howarth RW, McKenzie VJ, Rejmankova E, Ward MH. Linking environmental nutrient enrichment and disease emergence in humans and wildlife. Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America. 20: 16-29. PMID 20349828 DOI: 10.1890/08-0633.1  0.493
2008 McKenzie VJ, Starks HA. Blood parasites of two Costa Rican amphibians with comments on detection and microfilaria density associated with adult filarial worm intensity. The Journal of Parasitology. 94: 824-9. PMID 18837576 DOI: 10.1645/Ge-1433.1  0.343
2007 McKenzie VJ. Human land use and patterns of parasitism in tropical amphibian hosts Biological Conservation. 137: 102-116. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2007.01.019  0.422
2007 McKenzie VJ, Townsend AR. Parasitic and infectious disease responses to changing global nutrient cycles Ecohealth. 4: 384-396. DOI: 10.1007/S10393-007-0131-3  0.42
2003 Torchin ME, Lafferty KD, Dobson AP, McKenzie VJ, Kuris AM. Introduced species and their missing parasites. Nature. 421: 628-30. PMID 12571595 DOI: 10.1038/Nature01346  0.76
1998 McKenzie VJ, Caira JN. Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with comments on their modes of attachment to the spiral intestine. The Journal of Parasitology. 84: 409-21. PMID 9576518 DOI: 10.2307/3284503  0.339
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