Urban soils along the Kern River and Los Gatos Creek are hotspots for Coccidioides in the San Joaquin Valley of California
Robert Wagner, Liliam Montoya, Molly Radosevich, Justin V. Remais, John William Taylor
The paper investigates the presence of Coccidioides in urban soils along two waterways in California, finding it in riparian zones but not at higher elevations and correlating its presence with drier soils.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Sep 10, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology