Question

Which of the following pirates has 200 strains of fungi from Thailand?
A. British University of Portsmouth
B. The royal garden
C. University of Mississippi
D. None of the above

Answer 1

It is a British university that has an allegation against the pirates of 200 strains of fungi that were taken from Thailand.

Step by step answer:
Thailand's Ministry of Science stated that the British Portsmouth University is found to be guilty of "biopiracy" as it failed to return the 200 specimens of fungi which could provide a cure for cancer, which were collected by the staffs of British university of Portsmouth on a research trip that was done to Thailand.

Hence option A is correct, British University of Portsmouth

Additional information:
The marine fungi specimens were taken by Professors of British Portsmouth University in 1993 for a research purpose. At that time, Thailand had no infrastructure to store the specimens, so they kept those at the laboratory of a British university. This was reported by the government agency, department of biodiversity, and resources of the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
The fungi strains were very potential and the British companies discovered the drug potential of the fungi and made patents on that. It was found that the fungus was able to kill leukemia cells and had the potentiality to cure critical diseases like cancer and AIDS.

Note: Biopiracy can be described as an unethical, illegal, or commercial misuse of biological materials that are native to a specific country.