BIOL 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Asexual Reproduction, Saprotrophic Nutrition, Chitin

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Fungi: heterotrophic organisms; chitin in cell wall. Protozoa: microscopic heterotrophs that are not fungi. Multicellular organisms: worms, certain arthropods that involved in human disease - often transmitted or carried in microscopic forms. Protists: eukaryotes that are not fungi, plants, animals. Haploid only has one set of chromosomes (sperm and egg) Can develop into haploid organisms or gametes (sex cells) Fusion of 2 gametes yields diploid cell; recombination of genetic material. Refers to morphological forms, not classification: yeasts: single-celled fungi, molds: filamentous fungi, mushrooms: reproductive structures of certain fungi, cell wall chitin, principal decomposers. Excrete enzymes to degrade larger molecules: can degrade cellulose and lignin (wood, releases co2, nitrogen compounds into soils. Structure of fungi: most fungi multicellular; composed of hyphae-thread like filaments. Fungi are not motile so they can not move towards food, instead, the tips of the hyphae respond to a nutrient source by growing very quickly in the direction.

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