Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134605180
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case, Derek Weber, Warner Bair
Publisher: PEARSON
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Ascomycota is a division of fungi; it is the largest phylum with 64,000 species. Ascospore is a spore found in ascus of fungi. Ascomycota has two types of life cycles, sexual and asexual reproduction. In ecology it plays an important role as decomposer which breaks the organic material.

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