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ArticleIMA fungus2025

Fungal frontiers in toxic terrain: Revealing culturable fungal communities in Serpentine paddy fields of Taiwan.

Kai-Wen Cheng, Jiue-In Yang, Piroonporn Srimongkol, Marc Stadler, Aphichart Karnchanatat, Hiran A Ariyawansa

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Article in IMA fungus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Kai-Wen ChengDepartment of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Jiue-In YangDepartment of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2254-4151
Piroonporn SrimongkolThe Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0319-1573
Marc StadlerHigh-Value Food from Mushrooms and Bioactive Plants in the Green Economy Value Chain Research Group, The Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7284-8671
Aphichart KarnchanatatThe Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6598-013X
Hiran A AriyawansaDepartment of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8526-7721

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serpentine soils are predominantly distributed along the Circum-Pacific margin and the Mediterranean, including eastern Taiwan. These soils are characterized by high levels of heavy metals, including nickel and chromium, and a low calcium-to-magnesium ratio, creating a unique environment that fosters microorganisms with specialized traits. In this study, culture-dependent isolation methods were used to elucidate the composition of culturable fungal communities in serpentine-characterized paddy fields in eastern Taiwan. A total of 154 fungal isolates were isolated from serpentine paddy fields in eastern Taiwan. These isolates were grouped into 79 strains based on colony morphology and were subsequently evaluated through morphological and multi-locus phylogenetic analyses. The results revealed that 60% of the strains belong to the class

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