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  1. Genomic insights into the population structure and recent expansion of Coccidioides in the United States

    Article • July 2026, openRxiv

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  2. Hypothesis on the dust-borne atmospheric transport of Coccidioides , causative fungal pathogen for coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever)

    Article • Medical Mycology, February 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  3. Hybrid histidine kinases and antifungal warfare in thermal dimorphic fungi

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2026, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  4. Current perspectives of host-pathogen dynamics in coccidioidomycosis

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  5. Morphological and genetic characterization of novel Sarocladium spinificis strains in association with Coccidioides posadasii

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, December 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  6. Coccidioides genomes from low-incidence states reveal complex migration history across the western United States

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, October 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  7. The impact of bioinformatic choices on Coccidioides variant identification accuracy

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, October 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  8. Dancing with the Dust Devil: Examining the Lung Mycobiome of Sonoran Desert Wild Mammals and the Effect of Coccidioides Presence

    Article • Pathogens, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  9. “Select and Resequence” Methods Enable a Genome-Wide Association Study of the Dimorphic Human Fungal Pathogen Coccidioides posadasii

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, July 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  10. A Novel Sarocladium spinificis Strain Suppresses Coccidioides posadasii Growth: Morphological and Genetic Perspectives

    Article • March 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  11. cocci-call: a species-aware variant identification pipeline forCoccidioidesspp. in genomic epidemiology

    Article • January 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  12. Proposed Relationships Between Climate, Biological Soil Crusts, Human Health, and in Arid Ecosystems

    Article • GeoHealth, January 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  13. From soil to clinic: current advances in understanding Coccidioides and coccidioidomycosis

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, December 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  14. In vitro small molecule screening to inform novel candidates for use in fluconazole combination therapy in vivo against Coccidioides

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, October 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  15. A Cluster of Diutina catenulata Funguria in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Hospitalized in a Tertiary Reference Hospital from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Article • Current Microbiology, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  16. Inferring the composition of a mixed culture of natural microbial isolates by deep sequencing

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  17. Discovery and Repurposing of Pharmaceutical Agents as Antifungals:In vivoactivity againstCoccidioides

    Article • February 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  18. Review of Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics for Coccidioidomycosis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  19. B Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Development in Mice with Chronic Lung Exposure to Coccidioides Fungal Arthroconidia

    Article • ImmunoHorizons, May 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  20. Health and Safety Effects of Airborne Soil Dust in the Americas and Beyond

    Article • Reviews of Geophysics, April 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  21. Combating the Dust Devil: Utilizing Naturally Occurring Soil Microbes in Arizona to Inhibit the Growth of Coccidioides spp., the Causative Agent of Valley Fever

    Article • Journal of Fungi, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  22. Using double cutin vitroassembled CRISPR/Cas9 to modify the genome ofCoccidioides posadasii

    Article • March 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  23. CRISPR/Cas9 in vitro assembled gene deletion protocol for Coccidioides posadasii v1

    Article • February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  24. Protoplast Formation and Purification for Coccidioides v1

    Article • February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  25. Volatile Metabolites in Lavage Fluid Are Correlated with Cytokine Production in a Valley Fever Murine Model

    Article • Journal of Fungi, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  26. Genome Organization and Copy-Number Variation Reveal Clues to Virulence Evolution in Coccidioides posadasii

    Article • Journal of Fungi, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  27. Volatile metabolites in lavage fluid are correlated to Valley fever disease severity in murine model lung infections

    Article • October 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  28. PM10 and Other Climatic Variables Are Important Predictors of Seasonal Variability of Coccidioidomycosis in Arizona

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, April 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  29. Phenol Chloroform DNA Extraction Optimized for HMW gDNA from Coccidioides spp. v1

    Article • March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  30. A chromosomal-level reference genome of the widely utilized Coccidioides posadasii laboratory strain “Silveira”

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  31. Genomic Characterization of Parengyodontium torokii sp. nov., a Biofilm-Forming Fungus Isolated from Mars 2020 Assembly Facility

    Article • Journal of Fungi, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  32. Health and Safety Effects of Airborne Soil Dust in the Americas and Beyond

    Article • November 2021, Wiley

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker, Dr Ralph A Kahn

  33. Genomic Diversity Analysis Reveals a Strong Population Structure in Histoplasma capsulatum LAmA (Histoplasma suramericanum)

    Article • Journal of Fungi, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  34. A chromosomal-level reference genome of the widely utilizedCoccidioides posadasiilaboratory strain “Silveira”

    Article • May 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  35. Mitochondrial genomes of the human pathogens Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, April 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  36. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Isolated from Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) Reveal Population Structure and Admixture in the Amazon Basin

    Article • Journal of Fungi, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  37. Differential Thermotolerance Adaptation between Species of Coccidioides

    Article • Journal of Fungi, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  38. Structural characterization and evolutionary analyses of theCoccidioides immitisandCoccidioides posadasiimitochondrial genomes

    Article • September 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  39. Genomic diversity of the human pathogen Paracoccidioides across the South American continent

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  40. Genomic characterization of Parengyodontium americanum sp. nov

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  41. Population Structure and Genetic Diversity among Isolates of Coccidioides posadasii in Venezuela and Surrounding Regions

    Article • mBio, December 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  42. Fantastic yeasts and where to find them: the hidden diversity of dimorphic fungal pathogens

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  43. Investigating the Role of Animal Burrows on the Ecology and Distribution of Coccidioides spp. in Arizona Soils

    Article • Mycopathologia, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  44. The Rise of Coccidioides: Forces Against the Dust Devil Unleashed

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, September 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  45. Improved Reference Genome Sequence of Coccidioides immitis Strain WA_211, Isolated in Washington State

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, August 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  46. Novel clinical and dual infection by Histoplasma capsulatum genotypes in HIV patients from Northeastern, Brazil

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  47. Heat Inactivation of Coccidioides posadasii and Coccidioides immitis for Use in Lower Biosafety Containment

    Article • Applied Biosafety, June 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  48. Clinical features and genetic background of the sympatric species Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Paracoccidioides americana

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, April 2019, PLOS

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  49. Coccidioidal Meningitis in New York Traced to Texas by Fungal Genomic Analysis

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, February 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  50. Coccidioidesecology and genomics

    Article • Medical Mycology, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  51. The endozoan, small-mammal reservoir hypothesis and the life cycle of Coccidioides species

    Article • Medical Mycology, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  52. The 7th International Coccidioidomycosis Symposium

    Article • Medical Mycology, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  53. The mysterious desert dwellers: Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii, causative fungal agents of coccidioidomycosis

    Article • Virulence, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  54. Gene exchange between two divergent species of the fungal human pathogen, Coccidioides

    Article • Evolution, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  55. Characterizing in vitro spherule morphogenesis of multiple strains of both species of Coccidioides

    Article • Medical Mycology, July 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  56. Detection of Coccidioides posadasii from xerophytic environments in Venezuela reveals risk of naturally acquired coccidioidomycosis infections

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, March 2018, Nature

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  57. Direct detection ofCoccidioidesfrom Arizona soils using CocciENV, a highly sensitive and specific real-time PCR assay

    Article • Medical Mycology, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  58. Advances in Genomics of Human Fungal Pathogens

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  59. Coccidioidomycosis in Animals

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  60. Fungal Microbiota in Chronic Airway Inflammatory Disease and Emerging Relationships with the Host Immune Response

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2017, Frontiers

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  61. The Changing Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Valley Fever

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  62. Mapping and comparing bacterial microbiota in the sinonasal cavity of healthy, allergic rhinitis, and chronic rhinosinusitis subjects

    Article • International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  63. Exploring the genomic diversity of black yeasts and relatives ( Chaetothyriales , Ascomycota )

    Article • Studies in Mycology, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  64. Large-Scale Evaluation of In Vitro Amphotericin B, Triazole, and Echinocandin Activity against Coccidioides Species from U.S. Institutions

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  65. Coccidioides and Coccidioidomycosis

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  66. Paracoccidioides spp. and Paracoccidioidomycosis

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  67. Worldwide Phylogenetic Distributions and Population Dynamics of the Genus Histoplasma

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, June 2016, PLOS

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  68. Use of Population Genetics to Assess the Ecology, Evolution, and Population Structure ofCoccidioides

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  69. Molecular detection of airborneCoccidioidesin Tucson, Arizona

    Article • Medical Mycology, May 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  70. Local Population Structure and Patterns of Western Hemisphere Dispersal forCoccidioidesspp., the Fungal Cause of Valley Fever

    Article • mBio, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker, Dave Engelthaler

  71. Meeting Report: Fungal Genomics Meets Social Media: Highlights of the 28th Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilomar

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, December 2015, Genetics Society of America

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  72. The Fungal Exopolysaccharide Galactosaminogalactan Mediates Virulence by Enhancing Resistance to Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, October 2015, PLOS

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker, Dr Don VINH

  73. Evaluation of VT-1161 for Treatment of Coccidioidomycosis in Murine Infection Models

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  74. Effective Disinfectants for Coccidioides Immitis and C. posadasii

    Article • Applied Biosafety, September 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  75. Differences in host response among isolates of Coccidioides, the fungus causing valley fever

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, August 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  76. Dust Devil: The Life and Times of the Fungus That Causes Valley Fever

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2015, PLOS

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  77. Medical image of the week: fungus ball

    Article • Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, April 2015, Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  78. IL-1α Signaling Is Critical for Leukocyte Recruitment after Pulmonary Aspergillus fumigatus Challenge

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, January 2015, PLOS

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  79. Correction: ChIP-seq and In Vivo Transcriptome Analyses of the Aspergillus fumigatus SREBP SrbA Reveals a New Regulator of the Fungal Hypoxia Response and Virulence

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, November 2014, PLOS

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  80. ChIP-seq and In Vivo Transcriptome Analyses of the Aspergillus fumigatus SREBP SrbA Reveals a New Regulator of the Fungal Hypoxia Response and Virulence

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, November 2014, PLOS

    Professor Hubertus Haas, Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  81. Valley Fever: Finding New Places for an Old Disease: Coccidioides immitis Found in Washington State Soil Associated With Recent Human Infection

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  82. Large-Scale Transcriptional Response to Hypoxia in Aspergillus fumigatus Observed Using RNAseq Identifies a Novel Hypoxia Regulated ncRNA

    Article • Mycopathologia, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  83. Recent Advances in Our Understanding of the Environmental, Epidemiological, Immunological, and Clinical Dimensions of Coccidioidomycosis

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, July 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  84. Hypoxia enhances innate immune activation to Aspergillus fumigatus through cell wall modulation

    Article • Microbes and Infection, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  85. Detection and phylogenetic analysis of Coccidioides posadasii in Arizona soil samples

    Article • Fungal Ecology, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  86. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of the Aspergillus fumigatus hypoxia response using an oxygen-controlled fermenter

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker, Olaf Kniemeyer

  87. SREBP Coordinates Iron and Ergosterol Homeostasis to Mediate Triazole Drug and Hypoxia Responses in the Human Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

    Article • PLoS Genetics, December 2011, PLOS

    Professor Hubertus Haas, Dr Sven D Willger, Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  88. The Small GTPase RacA Mediates Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species Production, Polarized Growth, and Virulence in the Human Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, December 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  89. Population genomic sequencing of Coccidioides fungi reveals recent hybridization and transposon control

    Article • Genome Research, June 2010, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  90. Development of a rapid, cost-effective TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for identification and differentiation of Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii

    Article • Medical Mycology, May 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  91. The Genome of Nectria haematococca: Contribution of Supernumerary Chromosomes to Gene Expansion

    Article • PLoS Genetics, August 2009, PLOS

    Professor Christopher Rensing, Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  92. Comparative genomic analyses of the human fungal pathogens Coccidioides and their relatives

    Article • Genome Research, August 2009, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  93. Development of a rapid, cost-effective TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for identification and differentiation of Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii

    Article • Medical Mycology, January 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  94. Genomic and Population Analyses of the Mating Type Loci in Coccidioides Species Reveal Evidence for Sexual Reproduction and Gene Acquisition

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, May 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  95. The Population Biology of Coccidioides: Epidemiologic Implications for Disease Outbreaks

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, March 2007, Wiley

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  96. Heritability of resistance to Aphanomyces euteiches races 1 and 2 in alfalfa

    Article • Euphytica, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  97. Quantifying Phytophthora medicaginis in Susceptible and Resistant Alfalfa with a Real-Time Fluorescent PCR Assay

    Article • Journal of Phytopathology, November 2003, Wiley

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  98. Quantifying the relationship between disease severity and the amount ofAphanomyces euteichesdetected in roots of alfalfa and pea with a real-time PCR assay

    Article • Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, May 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Bridget Marie Barker