About the Authors
- Timothy S. Repas
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Biology Dept, University of Saskatchewan, Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Roy Northern Environmental, Fort St John, BC, Canada
- D. Michael Gillis
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Roles Investigation
Affiliation Biology Dept, University of Saskatchewan, Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Zakia Boubakir
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Roles Investigation
Affiliation Biology Dept, University of Saskatchewan, Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Xiaohui Bao
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Roles Investigation
Affiliation Biology Dept, University of Saskatchewan, Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Gary J. Samuels
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Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation USDA-ARS, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Lab, Beltsville, MD, United States of America
- Susan G. W. Kaminskyj
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: susan.kaminskyj@usask.ca
Affiliation Biology Dept, University of Saskatchewan, Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Competing Interests
TSR is an employee of Roy Northern Environmental. RNE did not play a role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of TSR are articulated in the 'author contributions' section. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.