Key Notes: Chytridiomycota - basal group of fungi and most closely related to the ancestral nucleariids; usually found in moist environments Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RFK9KNC8FA

https://videopress.com/v/TmSXxbUp?preloadContent=metadata Key Notes: molds - is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae yeast - a microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and are capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide Note: Molds primarily reproduces asexually. Note: Yeast reproduces asexually through budding. Note: … Continue reading Molds, Yeast, Origin of Fungi

https://videopress.com/v/WgCEaT69?preloadContent=metadata Key Notes: heterokaryotic - n+n ploidy in coenocytic hypha; a mix of two different haploid nuclei flowing throughout the fused mycelium dikaryotic - n+n ploidy in septate hypha; each cell has two different haploid nuclei Note: Fungi life cycle consists of asexual and sexual life cycle. plasmogamy - is a process where the cytoplasm … Continue reading Fungi Life Cycle

https://videopress.com/v/Q6FergJ9?preloadContent=metadata Key Notes: predatory fungi - fungi that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and eating microscopic or other minute animals mycorrizhal fungi - mutualistic fungi that expands the area for nutrient absorption for the plant roots Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivorous_fungus

https://videopress.com/v/elqXp0Kd?preloadContent=metadata Key Notes: mycelium - the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine white filaments (hyphae) mushrooms - fruiting bodies that are often exposed above ground Note: The role of fruiting bodies are to spread spores for reproduction. hypha - each of the branching filaments that make up the mycelium of … Continue reading Fungi Anatomy and Lifestyle, Largest Organisms, Septate/Coenocytic Hypha

https://videopress.com/v/L1mIdpcW?preloadContent=metadata Key Notes: Fungi are any of a group of spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools. Roles of fungi: decomposers, parasites, mutualists Plant cell walls are made of cellulose. Fungi cell walls are made of chitin. Fungi are closely related to animals than plants. Fungi are absorptive chemoheterotrophs meaning … Continue reading Introduction To Fungi

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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is used to produce many copies of a specific sequence of DNA.Source: OpenStax Microbiology OpenStax Microbiology Most methods of DNA analysis, such as restriction enzyme digestion and agarose gel electrophoresis, or DNA sequencing require large amounts of a specific DNA fragment. In the past, large amounts of DNA were produced … Continue reading The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

(a) Alkylating agents replace hydrogen atoms with alkyl groups. Here, guanine is alkylated, resulting in its hydrogen bonding with thymine, instead of cytosine. (b) The chemical structures of several alkylating agents.Source: OpenStax Microbiology OpenStax Microbiology The alkylating agents are a group of strong disinfecting chemicals that act by replacing a hydrogen atom within a molecule … Continue reading The Alkylating Agents