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A Singapore-centric Fungal Dataset of 518 Cultivated Strains with Visual Phenotypes and Taxonomic Identity.
Scientific data - 22 Jan 2026
Ten Darren Wei Xian, Wong Fong Tian, Lim Yee Hwee, Koh Winston
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The fungal kingdom represents a greatly untapped resource to produce a wide range of bioactive secondary metabolites, including antibiotics, anticancer agents, industrially significant dyes and enzymes. To-date, it is estimated only less than 5% of all fungi have been characterised, a deficit that is especially pronounced in tropical regions like Singapore, where fungal diversity remains underexplored compared to...
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