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Scientists have identified a marine fungus that was previously unknown and is capable of killing toxic algae known to ...

Endophytic fungus from from Madagascar periwinkle offers a greener, cheaper way to produce the cancer drug vinblastine.

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Random amplification of polymorphic DNA analysis was used to generate DNA fragments that are unique to isolates of two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Glomus mosseae and Gigaspora margarita. Sequence ...

A research team at the São Paulo State University's Bioscience Institute (IB-UNESP) in Rio Claro, Brazil, has identified 29 fungi with proven action against Xanthomonas citri, a bacterium responsible ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/3762164 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/3762164 Copy URL The Pyrenomycetes, defined physiologically by the formation of a flask-shaped ...