Non-triazole agricultural fungicides indirectly select for triazole resistance in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus
Hylke H. Kortenbosch, Spyros G. Kanellopoulos, Luisa Timmermanns, Francisca Reyes Marquez, Bas J. Zwaan, Ben Auxier, Eveline Snelders
This study shows non-triazole fungicides can indirectly select for triazole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus through genomic hitch-hiking.
bioRxiv · May 29, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology