What are the roles of proteins in theplasma membrane?

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Q: Draw a well labelled diagram of mycoplasma.

A: Mycoplasma is a genus of bacteria that lack a cell wall around their cell membranes. This…

Q: Which of the following does not have macroconidia and microconidia, settles on the skin and nail? a)…

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Q: Why do researchers collect DNA from permafrost?

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Q: What is Phragmoplast

A: The phragmoplast is a plant cell it is formed during late cytokinesis. It fills in as a framework…

Q: What are mycorrhizae? and what are the different types of mycorrhizae, mention two examples of fungi…

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Q: What is the difference between a rhizoid and a rhizome?

A: The rhizoid differ from rhizome in many aspects such as,

Q: what is the importance of fungi digesting lignin?

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Q: Draw spicules. What are they made of and what are they for? What is the function of a chaonocyte?

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Q: What are endomycorrhizae and beneficial microorganisms; what are their functions?

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Q: How will an organism be benefited if it reproduce through spores?

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Q: How does the production of oxalic acid by fungi contribute tothe deterioration of stone building…

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Q: What are the large cells in oak wood?

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Q: a. What are the dermatophytoses?b. What is meant by the term keratophile?c. What do the fungi…

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Q: How are the functions of plastids essential to the life of a plant cell?

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Q: What makes fungi important decomposers?

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Q: Name two roles of hyphae.?

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Q: For what the thick walls on spores helps in?

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Q: What is the movement of fungal hyphae towards sugar and peptones known as?

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Q: Differentiate between stoma and stroma.

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Q: Differentiate between hyphae and mycelia.

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Q: What structure gives rise to new plant cell walls?

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Q: Diagram (draw) attachment pili in relation to the Gram positive cell wall. Explain the

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Q: What are some of the main differences between the cellwalls of plants and those of bacteria?

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

Q: What are Lichens?

A: An organism in biology is defined as any individual entity that embodies the properties of life.…

Q: What is the difference between a rhizoid and a rhizome?

A: Plants are majorly divided into 2 types they are vascular plants and on vascular plants. Non…

Q: What is cell wall of fungi made up of?

A: Organisms belonging to Kingdom Fungi are heterotrophic and have chitin cell walls. Being a…

Q: Which fungus causes cancer in human beings and how?

A: Fungi are heterotrophic organisms. They are mostly multicellular with a few exceptions.

Q: What is photosythesis

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Q: To an alga, what is the main advantage of producing drought-resistant structures?

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Q: What is the cell structure of fungus?

A: A fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms. It includes microorganisms such as…

Q: How is the Trypanosoma’s ability to produce an array of cell surface proteins advantageous to its…

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Q: What is a tylosis? How does formation of tyloses slow the spread of fungi in wood? Why doesn’t a…

A: Dicotyledons and gymnosperms undergo secondary growth due to the activity of lateral meristems like…

Q: In tabular form, differentiate from each other Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton in terms…

A: Dermatophytes are a type of fungi that infect only the superficial keratinised tissue like skin ,…

Q: A hypha divided into compartments by cross walls is calleda. nonseptate c. septateb. imperfect d.…

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Q: What is the function of the plasmalemma and pellicle in euglenid cells? How are these structures…

A: Euglena is a eukaryotic animal.

Q: Why would normal flora cause some infections to be more severe and other infections to be less…

A: Normal flora of the micro organisms that live on another living organism without causing a disease.…

Osmosis

In simple words, osmosis is the slow, gradual movement of a liquid through a membrane. But there are nuances to this process. For instance, there has to be an imbalance in the distribution of solute in the liquid on either side of the membrane, which has to be semipermeable. The liquid in the region with a lower solute concentration moves to the region with a higher concentration, thereby displacing the solution in the process. The objective is to equalize the concentration of molecules on both sides of the membrane; the displacement of liquid can be viewed as a byproduct of this equalization. Since there is no energy required to carry osmosis, it is considered a passive process.