Samantha S. Fontaine

Conservation biology needs a microbial renaissance: a call for the consideration of host-associated microbiota in wildlife management practices

Brian K. Trevelline, Samantha S. Fontaine, Barry K. Hartup et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2019 · 450 citations · Full text

Environmental temperature alters the digestive performance and gut microbiota of a terrestrial amphibian

Samantha S. Fontaine, Alexander J. Novarro, Kevin D. Kohl · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2018 · 170 citations · Full text

Dysbiosis, Host-microbe Interactions, Relative Abundance +22

Experimental manipulation of microbiota reduces host thermal tolerance and fitness under heat stress in a vertebrate ectotherm

Samantha S. Fontaine, Patrick M. Mineo, Kevin D. Kohl · Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2022 · 79 citations

Biology, Experimental Manipulation, Vertebrate Ectotherm +10

Gut microbiota of invasive bullfrog tadpoles responds more rapidly to temperature than a noninvasive congener

Samantha S. Fontaine, Kevin D. Kohl · Molecular Ecology · 2020 · 41 citations

Optimal integration between host physiology and functions of the gut microbiome

Samantha S. Fontaine, Kevin D. Kohl · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2020 · 41 citations · Full text

Dysbiosis, Host-microbe Interactions, Animal Physiological Function +26