Biology (MindTap Course List)
Biology (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
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Introduction: Water molds are organisms that have a filamentous thallus forming the mycelium. They are unicellular and have diploid nuclei. They grow by feeding on decaying matter. They resemble fungi to a great extent and were once classified under fungi for the same reason.

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Q5: Aspergillus belongs to phylum ____________. Q6: Yeasts belong to phylum ________________. Q6: The basidia (singular, basidium), with its basidiospores, is attached to a _______. Q7: The multicellular filaments in mold are also known as ______________. Q8: What does the term “dermatophyte” mean?
Water molds reproduce asexually by forming _______________ and sexually by forming _______________. (a) oospores; holdfasts (b) zoospores; zooxanthellae (c) zoospores; oospores (d) holdfasts; oospores (e) oospores; zoospores
Fungi Imperfecti or Deuteromycota:(a) Do not have complete hyphae(b) Do not form hyphae(c) Have no observed sexual stage(d) Cannot form conidia(e) Only form antheridia
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