Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780321918550
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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The features of a general fungal life cycle.

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The general fungi life cycle has two phases; a haploid phase alternating with diploid phase. Nuclear fusion of + and – hyphae ends haploid phase where formation of zygote begins the diploid phase. Sexual reproduction of a condition called dikaryon is observed, which is a characteristic of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes. The spores produced by sexual reproduction are meiospores and they germinate as individual + and – hyphae.

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