1
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Fungi
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includes; mold, yeast, mushrooms, etc
2
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Characteristics
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- eukaryotes and can be unicellular ot multicellular
- all heterotrophs
- found in organic or decaying matter
3
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Reproduction
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reproduce by budding, hypal extension and formation of spores through asexual and asexual means.
4
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Types of Fungi
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- yeast:
-unicellular, reproduced by budding.
-used for production of wine, beer
-diasdvantages: candida - molds:
-found in water, soil, and on food
-reproduce by spore formation
-original source of antibiotics
-diasdvantages: respiratory disease
5
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Examples of Fungi
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- candida
- athlete’s foot
- aspergillosis
- blastomycosis
- coccidioidomycosis
- hiptoplasmosis
- ring worm
- sporotrichosis
