Phylogeographic Analysis of Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomyces gilchristii Reveals an Association with North American Freshwater Drainage Basins.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Lisa R McTaggart, Elizabeth M Brown, Susan E Richardson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Canada; Lawrence River; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159396; https://doaj.org/article/5c822ce603684d57bd7ffab944c1cba4

Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomyces gilchristii are dimorphic fungal pathogens that cause serious pulmonary and systemic infections in humans. Although their natural habitat is in the environment, little is known about their specific ecologic niche(s). Here, we analyzed 25 microsatellite loci f...