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ArticleCurrent protocols in microbiology2020

Proper Care and Feeding of Coccidioides: A Laboratorian's Guide to Cultivating the Dimorphic Stages of C. immitis and C. posadasii.

Heather L Mead, Marley C Caballero Van Dyke, Bridget M Barker

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Article in Current protocols in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heather L MeadPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Marley C Caballero Van DykePathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Bridget M BarkerPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Northern Arizona University · US

Funding

Defining the Mechanisms of Recombination in CoccidioidesR21AI128536 · NIAID · NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY · PI BARKER, BRIDGET MARIE · 2018 to 2019
$408k
Functional Analysis of Regions of Introgression Between Species of CoccidioidesK22AI104801 · NIAID · TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INST · PI BARKER, BRIDGET MARIE · 2014 to 2015
$271k
NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI104801NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128536
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coccidioidomycosis ("Valley fever") is caused by Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii. These fungi are thermally dimorphic, cycling between mycelia and arthroconidia in the environment and converting into spherules and endospores within a host. Coccidioides can cause a broad spectrum of disease that can be difficult to treat. There has been a steady increase in disease, with an estimated 350,000 new infections per year in the United States. With the increase in disease and difficulty in treatment, there is an unmet need to increase research in basic biology and identify new treatments, diagnostics, and vaccine candidates. Here, we describe protocols required in any Coccidioides laboratory, such as growing, harvesting, and storing the different stages of this dimorphic fungal pathogen. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Growth and harvest of liquid mycelia cultures for extractions Alternate Protocol 1: Large-volume growth and harvest of liquid mycelia cultures Basic Protocol 2: Mycelial growth on solid medium Alternate Protocol 2: Maintaining mycelial growth on solid medium Basic Protocol 3: Harvesting and quantification of arthroconidia Alternate Protocol 3: Long-term storage of arthroconidia Basic Protocol 4: Parasitic spherule growth and harvest Alternate Protocol 4: Obtaining endospores from spherules Basic Protocol 5: Intranasal infection of murine models.

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Culture MediaAnimalsCoccidioidesCoccidioidomycosisMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred DBAMicrobiological TechniquesModels, AnimalPersonal Protective EquipmentPreservation, BiologicalSpores, FungalCulture MediaarthroconidiaBSL-3Coccidioidesdimorphic fungiendosporesmyceliaspherules

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PMID32894648
PMCPMC9976608
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