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Overview

Lynne Sigler is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has contributed research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Epidemiology, Global and Planetary Change, Cell Biology, Small Animals, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The research topics explored by Sigler include:

  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology
  • Nail Diseases and Treatments
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Rabies epidemiology and control

Sigler's recent publications cover a range of subject matter related to fungal diseases, wildlife health, and plant pathology. These include:

  • "Blastomycosis in Africa and the Middle East: A Comprehensive Review of Reported Cases and Reanalysis of Historical Isolates Based on Molecular Data," 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Cross-continental emergence of Nannizziopsis barbatae disease may threaten wild Australian lizards," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Revisiting Ophidiomycosis (Snake Fungal Disease) After a Decade of Targeted Research," 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Publisher Correction: Cross-continental emergence of Nannizziopsis barbatae disease may threaten wild Australian lizards," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Oleoresin tapping of Pinus pinaster Ait. in the Cévennes, a region of France: Impact of location on oleoresin production and composition," 2025, Journal of Essential Oil and Plant Composition

Frequent collaboration partners in Sigler's work include Nicola R. Peterson, Karrie Rose, Stephanie D. Shaw, Tim H. Hyndman, and D. İpek Kurtböke. These collaborations point to interdisciplinary approaches spanning veterinary science, infectious disease, and environmental studies.

In terms of publication venues, Sigler has contributed multiple papers to the following journals:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Journal of Essential Oil and Plant Composition

Best Publications

  • Genera of Hyphomycetes.

    J. W. Carmichael;W. B. Kendrick;I. L. Conners;L. Sigler

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards;Andy F.S. Taylor

  • New records and new taxa of fungi from the mycorrhizae of terrestrial orchids of Alberta

    R. S. Currah;L. Sigler;S. Hambleton

  • Meliniomyces, a new anamorph genus for root-associated fungi with phylogenetic affinities to Rhizoscyphus ericae (≡ Hymenoscyphus ericae), Leotiomycetes

    Sarah Hambleton;Lynne Sigler

  • Molecular Characterization of Reptile Pathogens Currently Known as Members of the Chrysosporium Anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii Complex and Relationship with Some Human-Associated Isolates

    Lynne Sigler;Sarah Hambleton;Jean A. Paré

  • DNA and the classical way: Identification of medically important molds in the 21st century

    S. Arunmozhi Balajee;Lynne Sigler;Mary E. Brandt

  • Novel taxa of thermally dimorphic systemic pathogens in the Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales).

    Karolina Dukik;Jose F. Muñoz;Jose F. Muñoz;Yanping Jiang;Peiying Feng

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    M. I. Bidartondo;Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards

  • Fatal cerebral mycoses caused by the ascomycete Chaetomium strumarium.

    S P Abbott;L Sigler;R McAleer;D A McGough

  • RELATEDNESS OF THE ERICOID ENDOPHYTES SCYTALIDIUM VACCINII AND HYMENOSCYPHUS ERICAE INFERRED FROM ANALYSIS OF RIBOSOMAL DNA

    Keith N. Egger;Lynne Sigler

  • Aspergillus, Fusarium, and other opportunistic moniliaceous fungi.

    L. Sigler;P.E. Verweij

  • Disseminated infection due to Chrysosporium zonatum in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease and review of non-Aspergillus fungal infections in patients with this disease.

    Emmanuel Roilides;Lynne Sigler;Evangelia Bibashi;Helen Katsifa

  • Molecular Genetic Variation in Emmonsia crescens and Emmonsia parva, Etiologic Agents of Adiaspiromycosis, and Their Phylogenetic Relationship to Blastomyces dermatitidis (Ajellomyces dermatitidis) and Other Systemic Fungal Pathogens

    Stephen W. Peterson;Lynne Sigler

  • Invasive Nattrassia mangiferae infections: case report, literature review, and therapeutic and taxonomic appraisal.

    Lynne Sigler;Richard C. Summerbell;Lynn Poole;Marion Wieden

  • Chapter 16 – Microbiology: Fungal and Bacterial Diseases of Reptiles

    Jean A. Paré;Lynne Sigler;Karen L. Rosenthal;Douglas R. Mader

  • Diagnostic difficulties caused by a nonclamped Schizophyllum commune isolate in a case of fungus ball of the lung.

    L Sigler;L M de la Maza;G Tan;K N Egger

  • Mycorrhizal and root endophytic fungi of containerized Picea glauca seedlings assessed by rDNA sequence analysis.

    G. Kernaghan;L. Sigler;D. Khasa

  • Phylogeny, ecology and taxonomy of systemic pathogens and their relatives in Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales): Blastomyces, Emergomyces, Emmonsia, Emmonsiellopsis

    Yanping Jiang;Karolina Dukik;Karolina Dukik;Jose F. Muñoz;Lynne Sigler

  • Geosmithia argillacea: An Emerging Cause of Invasive Mycosis in Human Chronic Granulomatous Disease

    Suk See De Ravin;Malliswari Challipalli;Victoria Anderson;Yvonne R. Shea

  • Disseminated fungal infection in a renal transplant recipient involving Macrophomina phaseolina and Scytalidium dimidiatum: case report and review of taxonomic changes among medically important members of the Botryosphaeriaceae

    Darrell H. S. Tan;Lynne Sigler;Connie F. C. Gibas;Ignatius W. Fong

Frequent Co-Authors

Randolph S. Currah
Randolph S. Currah University of Alberta
Deanna A. Sutton
Deanna A. Sutton The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Josep Guarro
Josep Guarro Rovira i Virgili University
Nelesh P. Govender
Nelesh P. Govender National Health Laboratory Service
Richard C. Summerbell
Richard C. Summerbell University of Toronto
Mary L. Berbee
Mary L. Berbee University of British Columbia
Michael G. Rinaldi
Michael G. Rinaldi The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Nathan P. Wiederhold
Nathan P. Wiederhold The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Christina A. Cuomo
Christina A. Cuomo Broad Institute
Jason E. Stajich
Jason E. Stajich University of California, Riverside

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