Gut fungi are associated with human genetic variation and disease risk

Emily P. Van Syoc; Emily R. Davenport; Seth R. Bordenstein

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3003339

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Gut fungi are associated with human genetic variation and disease risk

Emily P. Van Syoc ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: s.bordenstein@psu.edu (SRB); emily.vansyoc@gmail.com (EPV)

Affiliations One Health Microbiome Center, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Emily R. Davenport,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations One Health Microbiome Center, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Seth R. Bordenstein

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: s.bordenstein@psu.edu (SRB); emily.vansyoc@gmail.com (EPV)

Affiliations One Health Microbiome Center, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7346-0954

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Gut fungi are associated with human genetic variation and disease risk

Emily P. Van Syoc,
Emily R. Davenport,
Seth R. Bordenstein

Published: September 2, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003339

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