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DOI	10.1007/s11046-019-00391-2
	Investigating the Role of Animal Burrows on the Ecology and Distribution of Coccidioides spp. in Arizona Soils
	Kollath, Daniel R.1; Teixeira, Marcus M.1,2; Funke, Aubrey 3; Miller, Karis J.1; Barker, Bridget M.1
通讯作者	Barker, Bridget M.
来源期刊	MYCOPATHOLOGIA
ISSN	0301-486X
EISSN	1573-0832
出版年	2020
卷号	185 期号:1 页码:145-159
英文摘要	The lack of knowledge regarding the ecology of Coccidioides spp. makes both modeling the potential for disease outbreaks and predicting the distribution of the organism in the environment challenging. No single ecological parameter explains the biogeography of the pathogen. Previous investigations suggest an association with desert mammals, but these results should be confirmed with modern molecular techniques. Therefore, we used molecular tools to analyze soils associated with animal activity (i.e., burrows) to better define the ecology and biogeography of Coccidioides spp. in Arizona. Soils were collected from locations predicted to have favorable habitat outside of the established endemic regions to better understand the ecological niche of the organism in this state. Our central hypothesis is that soils taken from within animal burrows will have a higher abundance of Coccidioides spp. when compared to soils not directly associated with animal burrows. Our results show that there is a positive relationship with Coccidioides spp. and animal burrows. The organism was detected in two locations in northern Arizona at sites not known previously to harbor the fungus. Moreover, this fungus is able to grow on keratinized tissues (i.e., horse hair). These results provide additional evidence that there is a relationship between Coccidioides spp. and desert animals, which sheds new light on Coccidioides' ecological niche. These results also provide evidence that the geographic range of the organism may be larger than previously thought, and the concept of endemicity should be reevaluated for Coccidioides.
英文关键词	Coccidioides qPCR Soil Ecology Burrow
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	USA ; Brazil
开放获取类型	Green Accepted
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000489480600001
WOS关键词	VALLEY FEVER ; BLASTOMYCES-DERMATITIDIS ; DASYPUS-NOVEMCINCTUS ; MOLECULAR-DETECTION ; BAJA-CALIFORNIA ; WILD RODENTS. ; IMMITIS ; POSADASII ; IDENTIFICATION ; EPIDEMIOLOGY
WOS类目	Mycology
WOS研究方向	Mycology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/217702
作者单位	1.No Arizona Univ, Pathogen & Microbiome Inst, Appl Res & Dev Bldg,1298 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA; 2.Univ Brasilia, Sch Med, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3.No Arizona Univ, Imaging & Histol Core Facil, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kollath, Daniel R.,Teixeira, Marcus M.,Funke, Aubrey,et al. Investigating the Role of Animal Burrows on the Ecology and Distribution of Coccidioides spp. in Arizona Soils[J],2020,185(1):145-159.
APA	Kollath, Daniel R.,Teixeira, Marcus M.,Funke, Aubrey,Miller, Karis J.,&Barker, Bridget M..(2020).Investigating the Role of Animal Burrows on the Ecology and Distribution of Coccidioides spp. in Arizona Soils.MYCOPATHOLOGIA,185(1),145-159.
MLA	Kollath, Daniel R.,et al."Investigating the Role of Animal Burrows on the Ecology and Distribution of Coccidioides spp. in Arizona Soils".MYCOPATHOLOGIA 185.1(2020):145-159.