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What are the four phylas of fungi

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Ascomycota
Basidomycota
Zygomycota
Chytridomycota

2
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How are the main phyla distinguised?

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Distinguished by their reproductive structures

3
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What is teleomorph and anamorph?

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Teleomorph - Form of fungus that produces sexual reproduction features
Anamorph - Form of fungus that doesn’t produce sexual reproduction features

4
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What are arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM)

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AM is fungi living in symbioses with plant roots which are the main absorbing organ of many plants

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What are hyphae

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Each of the branching filaments that make up the mycelium of a fungus

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What are septa

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In basiodiomycetes and ascomycetes, hyphae are subdivided into compartments by cross walls septa. These septa limit damage to mycellium by making it possible to seal off damaged compartments

7
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What is ergosterol

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Ergosterol is a sterol found in cell membranes of fungi and protozoa

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What is the main function of ATPase in the cytoplasmic membrane of fungi?

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Nutrient uptake driven by proton motive force generated by ATPases through extrusion of protons

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What are the four different parts of hyphae and mycellium?

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Apical growth zone
Absorption zone
Storage zone
Senescence zone

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What is the apical growth zone

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Vesicles fuse with the membrane tip delivering new polymers for wall extension, new wall lytic enzymes and hydrolytic enzymes for degredation of substrates into smaller molecules to be taken up to absorption zone

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What is the absorption zone

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Absorbance of substrates which leads to branching, which occurs when the nutrient supply exceeds what is required to sustain growth at the tip. Branching is positively correlated with high concentration of nutrients

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What is the storage zone

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As hyphae advance, some excess nutrients are transported to the storage zone and there are deposited as glycogen deposits or lipid droplets. Some of these nutrients are then used to produce reproductive structures

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What is the senescense zone

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Autolysis, death of cell through disintegration of vacuoles and release of degrading enzyme.