Soil Properties and Moisture Synergistically Influence Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Prevalence in Natural Environments of Hawai’i-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Soil Properties and Moisture Synergistically Influence Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Prevalence in Natural Environments of Hawai’i

Published:2022-05-10 Issue:9 Volume:88 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Parsons Arielle W.¹^ORCID,Dawrs Stephanie N.²,Nelson Stephen T.³,Norton Grant J.²,Virdi Ravleen²,Hasan Nabeeh A.²,Epperson L. Elaine²,Holst Brady⁴,Chan Edward D.⁴⁵⁶^ORCID,Leos-Barajas Vianey¹⁷,Reich Brian J.⁸,Crooks James L.⁴⁹,Strong Michael²,Pacifici Krishna¹,Honda Jennifer R.²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

2. Center for Genes, Environment, and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

3. Department of Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

4. Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA

5. Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA

6. Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

7. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

8. Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

9. Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

Abstract

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous in the environment, being found commonly in soils and natural bodies of freshwater. However, little is known about the environmental niches of NTM and how they relate to NTM prevalence in homes and other human-dominated areas.

Funder

National Science Foundation

Padosi Foundation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aem.00018-22

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