Fungi

Fungi
Approximately 100,000 species of fungi have been identified.
Characteristics of Fungi ...
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Fungi are a eukaryotic, heterotrophic, usually multicellular group having multinucleated cells enclosed in cells with cell walls. They obtain their energy by decomposing dead and dying organisms and absorbing their nutrients from those organisms.
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Fungi have a long history of use by humans. Many types of mushrooms and other fungi are eaten, including button mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and oyster mushrooms.
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Fungi can be divided into two basic morphological forms, yeasts and hyphae. Yeasts are unicellular fungi which reproduce asexually by blastoconidia formation (budding) or fission.
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Fungi that form symbiotic relationships with roots of more developed plants.
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Fungicide: Any substance that kills or inhibits the growth of a fungus.
Funicle: The portion of the flagellum of the antenna closest to the club.
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Fungi: a kingdom that includes the yeasts, molds, mildews, and mushrooms.
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G1 phase: a phase within interphase of the cell division cycle that prepares cells for DNA replication.
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fungicide. A pesticide used for control of fungi.
fungus (plural: fungi). A multicellular lower plant lacking chlorophyll, such as mold, mildew, smut, or rust.
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Fungicide. An agent, such as a chemical, that kills fungi.
Fungus. A microorganism that lacks chlorophyll.
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fungicide A chemical that kills fungi.
fungistatic A compound that slows or stops the growth of a fungus.
funiculus The stalklike structure connecting an ovule to its placental surface within an ovary.
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in rust fungi, a cup at the surface of the host in which dikaryotic spores called aeciospores are produced
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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White rot fungi produce a suite of unique extracellular oxidative enzymes that degrade lignin, a complex aromatic polymer that is a major component of wood, as well as related compounds found in explosive contaminated materials, pesticides, ...
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Saprotrophic fungi and bacteria that absorb nutrients from nonliving organic material such as corpses, fallen plant material, and the wastes of living organisms, and convert them into inorganic forms.
dehydration reaction ...
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: Organisms (fungi, algae, plants) that can only undergo sexual reproduction with another bearing a different mating/compatibility type (
self-incompatible
). See also
homothallic
.
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26 Protists
27 Fungi
28 Seedless Plants
29 Seed Plants
30 Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, Roundworms
31 Mollusks, Annelids, Arthropods
32 Echinoderms, Chordates
33 Animal Tissues ...
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Living organisms which can harm plants , such as viruses, fungi, and bacteria, and harmful insects. See Abiotic stress. bP. See Base pair. Bt. See Bacillus thuringiensis. C Capsid. See Coat protein. Carcinogen. A substance that induces cancer.
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Fungi - kingdom in which organisms may be unicellular or multicellular, obtain their food from external sources, and reproduce sexual or asexually ...
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Five kingdoms are recognized: Monera, Protoctista, Fungi, Animalia, and Plantae.
Phylum: A subdivision of a kingdom encompassing all forms of life with the same distinctive body plan. [plural = phyla].
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Our medicines, very largely and for most people still in the world today, come from plants or fungi or micro-organisms. Our fossil fuels, oil, gas, coal, wood, whatever it is we use for energy comes largely from organisms.
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Not only does this definition exclude prokaryotes, protozoa, and fungi, but it specifically includes a term "gradual process" which should not be part of the definition.
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A unicellular form of fungi. Some fungi (for example Saccharomyces cerevisiae) are only known to reproduce as yeast while other fungi (for example, Candida albicans) are dimorphic, ...
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In fungi, these peptides, maturases, appear to function in intron removal. Their encoding in introns results in homeostatic regulation of their production.
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Two successive nuclear divisions (with corresponding cell divisions) that produce haploid gametes (in animals) or haploid sexual spores (in plants and fungi) having one-half of the genetic material of the original cell.
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This classification includes animals, plants, and fungi.
These cells tend to be larger than prokaryotes, and have developed specialized packaging and transport mechanisms that may be necessary to support their larger size.
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clone -- An identical copy of an organism. Most plants, fungi, algae, and many other organisms naturally reproduce by making clones of themselves as a form of asexual reproduction.
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nematodes - tiny worms; some are eaten by fungi
obligate - absolute requirement, e.g., obligate aerobe
pathogens - organisms that cause disease ...
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Ascomycotina
a subdivision of fungi in which sexually produced spores are contained within asci and are called ascospores.
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Spores of fungi can survive thousands of years in that state. But every lifeform is bound to have metabolism at some point of its life cycle, with the possible exception of viruses, which use their hosts' metabolism.
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A multinuclcate cell containing nuclei of more than one genotype, such as are of widespread occurrence in fungi (Gk. heteros, different; karyon, nut, nucleus.)
Related Terms: Nucleus ...
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Plasmid Double stranded, circular DNA molecule found in bacteria and some fungi. Size range from ~5 - 200kbp, contains genes which may be useful to host, but are not essential.
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ante- before, forwards anti- against, opposite antibiotic An organic compound secreted by many species of microorganisms and fungi which is toxic to other species, e.g. penicillin.
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