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The right bacterial mix could help frogs take the heat

Wood frogs receiving gut bacteria from green frogs continued to swim in warmer water

A photo of several wood frog egg masses floating in a yellowish-clear liquid.

These wood frog larvae look delicate. And they are. But if they got a dose of bacteria from a green frog as eggs, they might end up a little tougher when heat rises.

Jason W. Dallas

By Bethany Brookshire

Some of a green frog’s heat tolerance might come from its microbiome.