MSX60519, a Shiraia fungal strain (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

MSX60519, a Shiraia fungal strain

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MSX60519, a Shiraia fungal strain, grows on oatmeal in a flask in the Oberlies Research Group lab at UNCG. The researchers are investigating how the fungus creates light-absorbing molecules called perylenequinones.

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Dr. Nicholas Oberlies

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