Decades-old studies of fungi associated with mammalian lungs and modern DNA sequencing approaches help define the nature of the lung mycobiome

Paris S. Hamm; John W. Taylor; Joseph A. Cook; Donald O. Natvig

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1008684

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Decades-old studies of fungi associated with mammalian lungs and modern DNA sequencing approaches help define the nature of the lung mycobiome

Paris S. Hamm,

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6168-5723

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John W. Taylor,

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-7700

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Joseph A. Cook,

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3985-0670

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Donald O. Natvig

* E-mail: dnatvig@unm.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0891-6534

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Decades-old studies of fungi associated with mammalian lungs and modern DNA sequencing approaches help define the nature of the lung mycobiome

Paris S. Hamm,
John W. Taylor,
Joseph A. Cook,
Donald O. Natvig

Published: July 30, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008684

About the Authors

Paris S. Hamm

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6168-5723

John W. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-7700

Joseph A. Cook

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3985-0670

Donald O. Natvig

* E-mail: dnatvig@unm.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0891-6534

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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