Antibacterial, antibiofilm, and metabolomic profiling of the novel freshwater fungi Longipedicellata megafusiformis and Wicklowia fusiformispora

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Antibacterial, antibiofilm, and metabolomic profiling of the novel freshwater fungi Longipedicellata megafusiformis and Wicklowia fusiformispora

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