Messer, Lauren F., Bourne, David G., Robbins, Steven J., Clay, Megan, Bell, Sara C., McIlroy, Simon J., and Tyson, Gene W. (2024) A genome-centric view of the role of the Acropora kenti microbiome in coral health and resilience. Nature Communications, 15. 2902.

Bell, Sara C., Heard, Geoffrey W., Berger, Lee, and Skerratt, Lee F. (2020) Connectivity over a disease risk gradient enables recovery of rainforest frogs. Ecological Applications, 30 (7). e02152.

Bell, Sara C., Garland, Stephen, and Alford, Ross A. (2018) Increased numbers of culturable inhibitory bacterial taxa may mitigate the effects of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Australian wet tropics frogs. Frontiers In Microbiology, 9. 1604.

Yasumiba, Kiyomi, Bell, Sara, and Alford, Ross (2016) Cell density effects of frog skin bacteria on their capacity to inhibit growth of the Chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Microbial Ecology, 71 (1). pp. 124-130.

Grogan, Laura F., Phillott, Andrea D., Scheele, Benjamin C., Berger, Lee, Cashins, Scott D., Bell, Sara C., Puschendorf, Robert, and Skerratt, Lee F. (2016) Endemicity of chytridiomycosis features pathogen overdispersion. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85 (3). pp. 806-816.

Woodhams, Douglas C., Bell, Sara C., Bigler, Laurent, Caprioli, Richard M., Chaurand, Pierre, Lam, Brianna A., Reinert, Laura K., Stalder, Urs, Vazquez, Victoria M., Schliep, Klaus, Hertz, Andreas, and Rollins-Smith, Louise A. (2016) Life history linked to immune investment in developing amphibians. Conservation Physiology, 4. pp. 1-15.

Woodhams, Douglas C., Alford, Ross, Antwis, Rachael E., Archer, Holly, Becker, Matthew H. , Belden, Lisa K., Bell, Sara C., Bletz, Molly, Daskin, Joshua H., Davis, Leyla R., Flechas, Sandra V., Lauer, Antje, Gonzalez, Antonio, Harris, Reid N., Holden, Whitney M., Hughey, Myra C., Ibanez, Roberto, Knight, Rob, Kueneman, Jordan, Rabemananjara, Falitiana , Reinert, Laura K., Rollins-Smith, Louise A., Roman-Rodriguez, Franklin, Shaw, Stephanie D., Walke, Jenifer B., and McKenzie, Valerie (2015) Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens. Ecology, 96 (2). p. 595.

Bataille, Arnaud, Cashins, Scott D., Grogan, Laura, Skerratt, Lee F., Hunter, David, McFadden, Michael, Scheele, Benjamin, Brannelly, Laura A., Macris, Amy, Harlow, Peter S., Bell, Sara, Berger, Lee, and Waldman, Bruce (2015) Susceptibility of amphibians to chytridiomycosis is associated with MHC class II conformation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 282 (1805). 20143127. pp. 1-9.

Shaw, Stephanie, Berger, Lee, Bell, Sara, Dodd, Sarah, James, Tim Y., Skerratt, Lee F., Bishop, Phillip J., and Speare, Rick (2014) Baseline cutaneous bacteria of free-living New Zealand native frogs (Leiopelma archeyi and Leiopelma hochstetteri) and implications for their role in defense against the amphibian chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 50 (4). p. 732.

Daskin, Joshua H., Bell, Sara C., Schwarzkopf, Lin, and Alford, Ross A. (2014) Cool temperatures reduce antifungal activity of symbiotic bacteria of threatened amphibians: implications for disease management and patterns of decline. PLoS ONE, 9 (6). e100378. pp. 1-9.

Stevenson, Lisa A., Alford, Ross A., Bell, Sara C., Roznik, Elizabeth A., Berger, Lee, and Pike, David A. (2013) Variation in thermal performance of a widespread pathogen, the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. PLoS ONE, 8 (9). e73830. pp. 1-14.

Bell, Sara C., Alford, Ross A., Garland, Stephen, Padilla, Gabriel, and Thomas, Annette D. (2013) Screening bacterial metabolites for inhibitory effects against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using a spectrophotometric assay. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 103 (1). pp. 77-85.

Bletz, Molly C., Louden, Andrew H., Becker, Matthew H., Bell, Sara C., Woodhams, Douglas C., Minbiole, Kevin P.C., and Harris, Reid N. (2013) Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis with bioaugmentation: characteristics of effective probiotics and strategies for their selection and use. Ecology Letters, 16 (6). pp. 807-820.

Woodhams, Douglas C., Bell, Sara C., Kenyon, Nicole, Alford, Ross A., and Rollins-Smith, Louise A. (2012) Immune evasion or avoidance: fungal skin infection linked to reduced defence peptides in Australian green-eyed treefrogs, Litoria serrata. Fungal Biology, 116 (12). pp. 1203-1211.

Bell, Sara Christiane (2012) The role of cutaneous bacteria in resistance of Australian tropical rainforest frogs to the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Phillott, Andrea, and Bell, Sara (2010) Comment: Litoria nannotis (Australian Waterfall Frog). Foot flagging. Visual displays, including those involving movements of the feet, may act as a substitute for vocal communication in streamside environments where noise may interfere with detection of vocal signals (Heyer et al. 1990. Arq. Zool. 31:231–410). Herpetological Review, 41 (3). p. 339.

Woodhams, Douglas C., Kenyon, Nicole, Bell, Sara C., Alford, Ross A., Chen, Shuo, Billheimer, Dean, Shyr, Yu, and Rollins-Smith, Louise A. (2010) Adaptations of skin peptide defences and possible response to the amphibian chytrid fungus in populations of Australian green-eyed treefrogs, Litoria genimaculata. Diversity and Distributions, 16 (4). pp. 703-712.

Alford, Ross A., Skerratt, Lee F., Berger, Lee, Speare, Richard, Bell, Sara, Kenyon, Nicole, Rowley, Jodi J.L., Hauselberger, Kim, Young, Sam, Voyles, Jamie, Puschendorf, Robert, Cashins, Scott, Webb, Rebecca, Campbell, Ruth, and Mendez, Diana (2010) Experimental Research to Obtain a Better Understanding of the Pathogenesis of Chytridiomycosis, and the Susceptibility and Resistance of Key Amphibian Species to Chytridiomycosis in Australia. Report. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.