Examination of public perceptions of microbes and microbiomes in the United States reveals insights for science communication

• Katherine Kokkinias,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1422-6372

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• Katherine Pruneski,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1373-8927

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• Kelly Wrighton,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Nicole Kelp

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nicole.kelp@colostate.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8462-5689

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