PPT-Ecology & Physiology of Fungi

Environmental conditions for fungal growth LEC 5 Environmental conditions for fungal growth In common with all microorganisms fungi are profoundly affected by physicochemical factors such as . Mycology - the study of fungi fungi - plural fungus - singular 1) fungi are eukaryotic • they have a nuclei & membrane - bound organelles 2) they are heterotrophs • they depend on ot Photo by Andreas . Kunze. Fungi are their own kingdom. Animals. Barton et al. . Evolution. Fungi. Plants. Fungi are not plants. Plants make their own nutrition (sugar) from light and water via photosynthesis.. Similarities and Differences in the Protist Kingdom. All are eukaryotes (cells with nuclei).. . Live in moist surroundings.. Unicellular or multicellular.. . Autotrophs, heterotrophs, or both.. Some can move - others cannot.. Cordyceps. Fungus. Recall. DOMAIN. Eukarya . KINGDOM. Fungi . EXAMPLE. Mushroom. CELL TYPE. Eukaryote . NUMBER OF CELLS. Mostly multicellular . CELL WALL 
MATERIAL. Chitin . NUTRITION . Discuss. . three diseases you know something about. What are the effects of these diseases?. Essential Question. How do disease-causing fungi . affect . plants?. ?. Fungi:. One of the five kingdoms of organisms.. You are presented with several single-celled organisms, including one thought to belong to the kingdom Fungi. What unique feature helps you identify the fungus?. presence of mitochondria. absence of chloroplasts. Grow on fruits and breads. Saprobes and parasites. Rhizopus. : bread mould. Hyphae. Threadlike hyphae secrete enzymes which break down food. The hyphae then reabsorb the nutrients and transport them throughout the fungus by means of diffusion.. List three diseases you know something about. What are the effects of these diseases?. Essential Question. How do disease-causing fungi effect plants?. ?. Fungi:. One of the five kingdoms of organisms.. Eukaryotic heterotrophs that have cell walls. Made up of chitin, a complex carbohydrate that is also found in the external skeletons of insects. What are fungi?. Although they rely on other organisms as a food source, they do not ingest their food. -. the study of fungi. fungi - . singular. fungus - . plural. 1) Fungi are . eukaryotic. they have a nuclei & mitochondria. 2) They are . heterotrophs. they depend on other organisms for food. 3) They are . Introduction. Fungi . can be isolated from virtually any place on earth, from the tropics to the poles and from the mountain tops to the deep . oceans.. As we know fungi are present in air in spore shape but sometimes we find hyphae in air.. Characteristics of Fungi. Cell wall made of . chitin. Heterotrophs and major Decomposers. Body is made of . long filaments of hyphae which form a . mycelium. Reproduce sexually and asexually. Asexually by spores. 2nd Professional (Veterinary Microbiology). Dr MANOJ KUMAR. Earth.com. Importance of Fungi. Fungi - most important groups of organisms on the planet.. Important in an enormous variety of ways.. Recycling. (Club Fungi). Victoria Willis. Quyen Mac. Structure. Densely interwoven . hyphae . (microscopic walled tubes or filaments that are lined with plasma membrane and contain cytoplasm) which form the fungal body.