Environmental associations of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, the causative agent of ophidiomycosis in snakes

• Nicholas Friedeman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas Friedeman, Evin Carter, Bruce A. Kingsbury, Michael J. Ravesi, Mark A. Jordan

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: nickfriedeman@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University-Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5533-4243

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• Evin Carter ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas Friedeman, Evin Carter, Bruce A. Kingsbury, Michael J. Ravesi, Mark A. Jordan

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0153-578X

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• Bruce A. Kingsbury ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas Friedeman, Evin Carter, Bruce A. Kingsbury, Michael J. Ravesi, Mark A. Jordan

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University-Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

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• Michael J. Ravesi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas Friedeman, Evin Carter, Bruce A. Kingsbury, Michael J. Ravesi, Mark A. Jordan

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Division, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Jillian M. Josimovich ,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JMJ and MM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Avon Park Air Force Range, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Avon Park, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7523-3496

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• Monica Matthews ,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JMJ and MM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Santa Barbata County Fire Safe Council, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

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• Mark A. Jordan

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas Friedeman, Evin Carter, Bruce A. Kingsbury, Michael J. Ravesi, Mark A. Jordan

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University-Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

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