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Stephen W. Peterson is affiliated with the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in the United States. Their research spans multiple scientific fields with a focus on agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, integrating insights from plant science, cell biology, clinical biochemistry, epidemiology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their main research topics cover areas relevant to agriculture and medical science including mycotoxins in agriculture and food, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, plant disease resistance and genetics, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, and streptococcal infections and treatments.

Their publication record includes papers published in journals such as Mycologia and Genomics. Notable recent papers include:

  • Increasing the species diversity in the Aspergillus section Nidulantes: Six novel species mainly from the indoor environment, 2020, Mycologia
  • Identification of bacterial and fungal pathogens directly from clinical blood cultures using whole genome sequencing, 2023, Genomics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stephen W. Peterson include:

  • F. Sklenář
  • Željko Jurjević
  • Miroslav Kolařík
  • Alena Nováková
  • Miroslav Flieger

Their work contributes to understanding fungal species diversity in agricultural and indoor environments, as well as advancing methodologies for detecting pathogens directly from clinical samples through whole genome sequencing techniques.

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic analysis of Aspergillus species using DNA sequences from four loci.

    Stephen W. Peterson

  • The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature

    David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;Pedro W. Crous;Scott A. Redhead;Don R. Reynolds

  • Phylogeny and nomenclature of the genus Talaromyces and taxa accommodated in Penicillium subgenus Biverticillium.

    R.A. Samson;N. Yilmaz;J. Houbraken;H. Spierenburg

  • The current status of species recognition and identification in Aspergillus

    D.M. Geiser;M.A. Klich;J.C. Frisvad;S.W. Peterson

  • Molecular Identification of Aspergillus Species Collected for the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network

    S. Arunmozhi Balajee;Rui Kano;John W. Baddley;Stephen A. Moser

  • Aspergillus pseudotamarii, a new aflatoxin producing species in Aspergillus section Flavi

    Yoko Ito;Stephen W. Peterson;Donald T. Wicklow;Tetsuhisa Goto

  • Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Fumigati and its teleomorph Neosartorya

    R.A. Samson;S. S. Hong;S.W. Peterson;J.C. Frisvad

  • Inoculation of coffee plants with the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales).

    Francisco Posada;M. Catherine Aime;Stephen W. Peterson;Stephen A. Rehner

  • Aspergillus bombycis, a new aflatoxigenic species and genetic variation in its sibling species, A. nomius

    Stephen W. Peterson;Yoko Ito;Bruce W. Horn;Tetsuhisa Goto

  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 400–468

    P. W. Crous;P. W. Crous;M. J. Wingfield;D. M. Richardson;J. J. Le Roux

  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 785–867

    P.W. Crous;J.J. Luangsa-ard;M.J. Wingfield;A.J. Carnegie

  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 625-715

    P.W. Crous;M.J. Wingfield;T.I. Burgess;A.J. Carnegie

  • Fungal endophyte diversity in coffee plants from Colombia, Hawai'i, Mexico and Puerto Rico

    Fernando E. Vega;Ann Simpkins;M. Catherine Aime;Francisco Posada

  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 716-784.

    Pedro W. Crous;Michael J. Wingfield;T.I. Burgess;G.E.St.J. Hardy

  • Fungal planet description sheets: 868–950

    P.W. Crous;A.J. Carnegie;M.J. Wingfield;R. Sharma

  • Ribosomal RNA sequence divergence among sibling species of yeasts

    Stephen W. Peterson;Cletus P. Kurtzman

  • Preservation and distribution of fungal cultures

    Karen K. Nakasone;Stephen W. Peterson;Shung-Chang Jong

  • Aspergillus section Versicolores: nine new species and multilocus DNA sequence based phylogeny

    Zeljko Jurjevic;Stephen W. Peterson;Bruce W. Horn

  • Taxonomic revision of Eurotium and transfer of species to Aspergillus.

    Vit Hubka;Miroslav Kolařík;Alena Kubátová;Stephen W. Peterson

  • New species in Aspergillus section Terrei

    R. A. Samson;S. W. Peterson;Jens Christian Frisvad;J. Varga

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Christian Frisvad
Jens Christian Frisvad Technical University of Denmark
Robert A. Samson
Robert A. Samson Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Miroslav Kolařík
Miroslav Kolařík Czech Academy of Sciences
Jos Houbraken
Jos Houbraken Utrecht University
Cletus P. Kurtzman
Cletus P. Kurtzman National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Pedro W. Crous
Pedro W. Crous Utrecht University
Keith A. Seifert
Keith A. Seifert Carleton University
Michael J. Wingfield
Michael J. Wingfield University of Pretoria
Giancarlo Perrone
Giancarlo Perrone National Research Council (CNR)
Donald T. Wicklow
Donald T. Wicklow National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

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