Twenty years ago, Pneumocystis jirovecii, a pathogen of immunocompromised patients that causes pneumonia, was classified as a protozoan because it is a chemoheterotroph that lacks a cell wall. However, taxonomists today classify Pneumocystitis as a fung

Q: Give arguments to support the hypothesis that fungi are opisthokonts,more closely related to animals…

A: The cells are the unit of life.  based on the number of cells and organism may be unicellular or…

Q: if global warming trends continue, many species, including protists and fungi, may become extinct…

A: Global warming can be described as a process in which their is gradual increase in earth's…

Q: Put a checkmark (/) on the group where each of the following structures are present. Cellular…

A: Plasma membrane, cell membrane, DNA, ribosomes, cytoskeleton, pigments (melanin in animals) are…

Q: Water abandoned in swimming pools often turns green. If you examined a drop of this water with a…

A: Cultural or accelerated eutrophication is nutrient enrichment of water bodies due to human…

Q: ue or False: Most fungi secondarily lack flagellated cells in their life history and this places the…

A: A plethora of organisms inhabit the whole Earth. These organisms function at different…

Q: How do we know that fungi are eukaryotes rather than prokaryotes?

A: The largest and broadest category of all groups in the classification of life is known as domain. At…

Q: Match each item to a choice: causative agent of red tide Rhizopus stolonifer extracted carageenan…

A: Red tide is a phenomenon caused by algal blooms. Rhizopus stolonifer is commonly known as black…

Q: You are given five test tubes, each containing an unknown protist, and your task is to read the…

A: The objective of the question is to identify the protists in each of the five test tubes based on…

Q: Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the commonnames of fungal taxonomic groups.…

A: Fungi are eukaryotic spore bearing organisms. They are heterotrophic. They are made of long…

Q: Some literature lists the 4 groups of protozoans as: 1) Flagellates 2) Amoebas 3) Ciliates 4)…

A: Introduction Protozoans come under the kindom protista. They are eukaryotic and single-celled…

Q: Protists include only single-celled eukaryotic organisms. false true

A: All organisms in this biosphere are divided into 5 kingdoms- Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and…

Q: Amoeba, Paramecuim, and Spirogyra are diverse. Why, then, are they all classified as protists?

A: As the  protist is any member of Kingdom Protista.

Q: A) A major difference between eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells is that eukaryotic cells…

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Q: In humans, fungi can only infect the skin.True or false?

A: The given statement is false. Fungi infect many parts of the human body. They do infect the skin and…

Q: Kukuwa, a class six student, was studying chapter, ‘Diversity in Living Organisms’. He thought that…

A: fungi are responsible for breaking down organic matter and releasing carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and…

Q: Among the two diagrams, what is the most parsimonious tree? Are they equal? Why or why not?

A: Phylogenetic tree depicts the evolutionary relationship between the taxons in a tree.

Q: A principle of biology is that biology affects our society. Whyare the cysts of protists important…

A: Protozoans exhibit a life cycle in which active and inactive phases are in the alternate phases.…

Q: Streptomyces is a fungus-like bacterium common in the soil. What 4 features could you use to…

A: Bacteria    They are single cellular microorganisms which are found almost everywhere on earth and…

Q: Chytrids, a group of fungi with flagellated spores, include somebasal lineages

A: Fungi are eukaryotic organism that includes yeasts, molds and mushrooms. They are placed in kingdom…

Q: All fungi are unicellular eukaryotes. Select one: O True O False

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Q: Discuss why the slime molds and water molds are not considered true fungi and what they have in…

A: A living organism can be made up of two types of cells, Prokaryotic; that are single-celled…

Q: Why do you think öomycetes and labyrinthulids were formerly considered fungi?

A: Fungi are heterotrophic, filamentous organisms that exhibit great diversity in morphology. Some…

Q: Photosynthetic protists are collectively known as__________; nonphotosynthetic, single-celled…

A: Photosynthetic protists are collectively known as Algae.

Q: Some aspects of eukaryotes are more similar to archae while other aspects of eukaryotic cell…

A: Prokaryotes are the single celled organisms (unicellular) and are the simplest form, which do not…

Q: For each grouping that follows, briefly define, indicate where they are on the tree and note if they…

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Q: If you discovered a new type of nucleated cell in a lake near your home,how would you determine…

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Q: Name and describe one of the subgroups of fungus-like protists that you read about.

A: Answer: PROTISTS : These are the unicellular eukaryotic single-celled organisms. These are capable…

Q: Description 1. A shapeless protozoan 2. A very common freshwater ciliate 3. The larger of two nuclei…

A: Protists:- They are eukaryotes.- Can be unicellular (majority) or multicellular.- They are divided…

Q: Oscillatoria is a thread-shaped Cyanobacteria, while Spirogyra is a thread-shaped Protist. Make a…

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Q: Suborder Superfamily Family Subfamily Tribe Subtribe Ganodermataceae Poaceae Oryzoideae Oryzeae…

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Q: Discuss the characteristics of fungus-like protists that make them similar to true fungi.

A: Fungai are unicellular and heterotopic organism.

Q: Lichens are said to be composite organisms made up of two very different types of organisms: usually…

A: Lichen is the symbiotic association between alga and fungus.

Q: Fungi are all: a. multicellular b. eukaryotic c. decomposers d. single- celled

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Q: Fungi and animals are both part of a group called Opisthokonta. The vast majority of fungi are…

A: These consists of a wide range of eukaryotes which consists of both animals and fungi. Previously…

Q: Eukaryotic cells can be detected at latest mid-way through the Proterozoic, and multicellular…

A: Eukaryotic cells evolved from the engulment of a prokaryotic cell by a large eukaryotic cell. Both…

Q: Why are the protists considered paraphyletic?

A: A group is paraphyletic in taxonomy if it contains the group's latest common ancestor and the…

Q: Fungi are not classified as Plants primarily because they:

A: Fungi are heterotrophs whereas plants are autotrophs. Fungi has chitin in cell wall whereas plants…

Q: It refers to the diploid sexual spores of Saprolegnia. * Your answer Specialized nitrogen fixing…

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Q: In secondary endosymbiosis, the plastid organelle is derived from engulfing an Prokaryotic algal…

A: In Eukaryotic cell , chloroplast and mitochondria are  two walled Organelle which contain it's own…

Fungi

Fungi can be single-celled or complex multicellular creatures. They are found in pretty much any natural surroundings; however, they generally live on the land, principally in soil or plant material instead of in the ocean or water. Fungi are the members of the group called the decomposers that live off dead and decaying matters. Fungi assume a significant part in the carbon cycle and its different components. They act as a parasite by causing illnesses like rusts, scabs, or ulcers. In crops, contagious illnesses can prompt critical money-related misfortune for the rancher. An exceptionally modest number of growths cause illnesses in creatures. In people, these incorporate skin illnesses such as competitors' feet, ringworm, and thrush.