Francesca Batac

California Department of Fish and Wildlife — United States

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

13h-index368citations29works2.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Aquaculture disease management and microbiota(9), Marine animal studies overview(6), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions(4), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies(4), Microbial infections and disease research(4)

Publications29 total

Apparent expansion of virulent <i>Vibrio parahaemolyticus</i> in humans and sea otters
Virulence·2025Open Access
Parasite genotype is a risk factor for Sarcocystis neurona-associated mortality in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)
International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife·2025Open Access
Fatal Toxoplasma gondii COUG strain infections in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis): New insight on contributing factors and parasite serotyping
PLoS ONE·2025Open Access
Antimicrobial resistance of <i>Vibrio</i> spp. from the coastal California system: discordance between genotypic and phenotypic patterns
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
A novel comparison of southern sea otter (<i>Enhydra lutris nereis</i>) fur buoyancy across ontogeny
Journal of Experimental Biology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Inhibin-α immunopositive ovarian granulosa cell tumor in a southern sea otter
California Fish and Wildlife Journal·2024Open Access
Assessment of mercury concentrations in fur, liver, and brain tissue from necropsied southern sea otters (<i>Enhydra lutris nereis</i>)
Marine Mammal Science·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Pathology, microbiology, and genetic diversity associated with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and novel Erysipelothrix spp. infections in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)
Frontiers in Microbiology·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Ontogenetic changes in southern sea otter ( <i>Enhydra lutris nereis</i> ) fur morphology
Journal of Morphology·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Newly detected, virulent Toxoplasma gondii COUG strain causing fatal steatitis and toxoplasmosis in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)
Frontiers in Marine Science·2023· 17 citedOpen Access
Effects of ontogeny and oiling on the thermal function of southern sea otter (<i>Enhydra lutris nereis</i>) fur
Conservation Physiology·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Genetics and pathology associated with Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella spp. isolates from North American Pacific coastal marine mammals
Veterinary Microbiology·2021· 13 citedOpen Access
Clinical Signs and Pathology Associated With Domoic Acid Toxicosis in Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)
Frontiers in Marine Science·2021· 16 citedOpen Access
Exposure to domoic acid is an ecological driver of cardiac disease in southern sea otters✰
Harmful Algae·2021· 31 citedOpen Access
Predators, Disease, and Environmental Change in the Nearshore Ecosystem: Mortality in Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) From 1998–2012
Frontiers in Marine Science·2020· 51 citedOpen Access
Helicobacter spp. in Necropsied Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) Is Associated With Gastric Ulcers and Sensitive to Multiple Antibiotics
Frontiers in Marine Science·2020· 4 citedOpen Access
Emergence of a Zoonotic Pathogen in a Coastal Marine Sentinel: Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum)-Associated Hepatitis in Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)
Frontiers in Marine Science·2020· 10 citedOpen Access
Pathology and epidemiology of nasopulmonary acariasis (Halarachne sp.) in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)
International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife·2019· 13 citedOpen Access
Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) population biology at Big Sur and Monterey, California --Investigating the consequences of resource abundance and anthropogenic stressors for sea otter recovery
Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World·2019· 38 citedOpen Access
Mycoplasma enhydrae sp. nov. isolated from southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY·2018· 13 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Melissa A. Miller(19), Erin Dodd(11), Michael J. Murray(6), Megan E. Moriarty(5), M. Tim Tinker(5), Colleen Young(5), Michael D. Harris(5), Melissa A. Miller(5), Woutrina Smith(5), Barbara A. Byrne(5), Katherine Greenwald(5), Christine K. Johnson(4), Michelle M. Staedler(4), Nicole M. Thometz(4), Pádraig J. Duignan(4), Laird A. Henkel(3), Joseph A. Tomoleoni(3), Zeli Shen(3), Devinn M. Sinnott(3), Angelina Reed(3)