Endophytic Fungi Isolated from the Brown Alga Sargassum thunbergii in Coastal Korea

Ji-Won Kim1, Yu-Na Choi1, Eun-Ju Kim1

  • 1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Cheongju, Korea.

Mycobiology
|November 6, 2025
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