What is the role of fungus and it's mycelium in dirt?

Q: What are the main human diseases caused by fungi?

A: Fungi are the group of organisms which are mainly composed of a flexible and strong nitrogenous…

Q: What are various types of septaal pores in fungus?

A: The ascomycetes and basidiomycetes make up much of the filamentous fungi species. Such fungi hyphae…

Q: What is fungal infections and what is bacterial infections? use your own words to explain

A: Ans: Infection: The bacteria, viruses and parasites due to their multiplication lead to the invasion…

Q: What is the public health importance of Cryptosporidium and Cyclospora?

A: the public health importance of Cryptosporidium and Cyclospora : Cryptosporidium parvum causes acute…

Q: How does a phototroph benefit from associatingwith a fungus in lichen symbiosis?

A: Symbiosis is a close relationship between two species in which at least one species benefit. For the…

Q: What is the pH that most fungi will thrive?

A: pH is the degree of hydrogen in any media. Higher the hydrogen ion concentration, lower is the pH.

Q: Why is Sphagnum often used to ship items that must be kept moist?

A: The genus Sphagnum covers around 380 species of mosses. These species are often called “peat moss”.…

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

A: Microorganisms, a huge network of microscopic and unseen creatures that pervade our planet's soil,…

Q: What are the infectious diseases caused by lichen? and how to diagnose, treat, prevent and control…

A: Lichen is a composite animal derived from algae or cyanobacteria that lives between the filaments of…

Q: What are lichens? How do fungi participate in this ecological interaction?

A: Fungi are group of eukaryotic organisms that includes unicellular microorganisms like yeasts and…

Q: n photobionts?

A: Like all fungi, lichen fungi need carbon as a food source; this is often provided by their dependent…

Q: What are the advantages of mycorrhizal associaation?

A: Mycorrhizae defined as the mutual beneficial relationship between root of a plant and fungus i.e…

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

A: The deterioration of monuments is a complex process caused by the interaction of various…

Q: what are some of the properties of mold that make them sometimes beneficial to humans, and sometimes…

A: Molds are fungi that are microscopic in size. Even though they can approximate bacteria in size,…

Q: What is the ecological importance of fungal decomposers?

A: Decomposers are the organisms that help to decompose the organic compounds of a dead organism.…

Q: Which types of fungi form arbuscular mycorrhizae and ectomycorrhizae?

A: Mycorrhiza are mutualistic symbiotic associations formed between the roots of higher plants and…

Q: What is Mycorrhiza?

A: It is a symbiotic association or mutualism. In this both the organisms are benefitted.

Q: What aspects of the fungal body make fungi so successful as decomposers?

A: A fungus is any member of group of eukaryotic organisms that includes micro-organisms such as yeasts…

Q: How does the fungus Glomus aid the acquisition of nutrients byplants?

A: The genus Glomus belongs to group Glorneromycota. The members of this group form small group of…

Q: What makes fungi important decomposers?

A: The creatures that complete the cycle of decay and decomposition of the dead organic entity are…

Q: What temperature will kill fungus?

A: Fungi are heterotrophic and have chitin cell walls. Being a heterotroph, fungus absorbs nutrients…

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

A: When any external stimuli like gravity,water,light,contact or chemicals induces movements of…

Q: Growth of filamentous molds occur at the hyphal tip. What determines growth direction in fungal…

A: Fungal hyphae are the branched filaments which constitute the fungal mycelium. A hyphae can…

Q: Differentiate between hyphae and mycelia.

A: Hyphae and mycelia are two important parts of fungi. Both of these serve as the building blocks of…

Q: What characteristics of pathogenic fungi result in theirbeing efficiently transmitted?

A: Fungi are heterotrophic organisms, which have important roles in nutrient cycling in an ecosystem.…

Q: Why is fungus not noticeable during its vegetative phase?

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

Q: What are Lichens?

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

Q: keratinase is an enzyme produced by dermatophytes. which organs in the body would these pathogens…

A: Dermatophytes are pathogenic fungi that are responsible for causing superficial infections in nails,…

Q: How have fungi adapted in order to survive harshconditions on stone building materials?

A: Fungi are eukaryotic heterotrophs that grow and form thread like structures called hyphae to form a…

Q: Which group of bacteria forms a symbiotic relationship with fungus?

A: Symbiotic relationships are those relationships where two species interact with each other and at…

Q: What are mycorrhizas? How does each participant benefit in this ecological interaction?

A: In an ecological niche, there is no such habitat where only one species can survive alone. Every…

Q: What is found in the fungal cell wall?

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Q: Is each of the following haploid, diploid, or dikaryotic: basidiocarp, basidiospore, primary…

A: Each cell have the nucleus, and in the nucleus, they have chromosomes in different sets in different…

Q: What determines the shape of fungal spores that are ejected into the air?

A: Fungal spores are biological structures and are important for reproduction. These play a similar…

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: What components of wood must be degraded for its turnover by the wood-rotting fungi?

A: Fungi are Eukaryotic organisms that includes mushrooms and microorganisms like yeast and molds. They…

Q: Which fungus is used for flavoring cheese?

A: Fungi are cosmopolitan in distribution, i.e. they can be found everywhere. Fungi are heterotrophic…

Q: What might prevent an endophytic fungus from reaping the benefits from a grass without providing a…

A: Symbiosis refers to the living arrangements that are set up between members of two different…

Q: The growth of spores to mycelium is known as Answer:

A: Fungus is characterised by the presence of eukaryotic cell and cell wall made up of chitin.

Q: How lichens helps in manufacturing of dyes and minerals?

A: Lichen is a form of symbiotic relationship that is formed when a fungus, either Ascomycetes or…

Q: What are some ways in which the relationship between a plant root and a mycorrhizal fungus is…

A: Mutualism is a type of interaction among two organism of different species, in which each organisms…

Q: Explain the relationship between fungal hyphae and the production of a mycelium.

A: Fungi is a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms that include microbes like yeast and molds and duffer…

Q: What features of mycorrhizal fungi might have assisted incolonization of dry land by plants?

A: Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic relationship between fungi and roots of the plants. The fungi forms a…

Q: What is the importance of spores?

A: Spores are different in different microorganism. Bacterial spores are highly resistance and fungal…

Q: do antifungal agents are drugs that inhibit the enzymatic activity of fungi?

A: A fungus is any eukaryotic organism that includes microbes like yeasts and moulds, as well as the…

Q: What is the use of lichens in case of pollution?

A: LICHEN  These are formed as a result of the mutual relationship between fungi and algae. The fungi…

Q: What are the harmful effects of lichens?

A: When a fungus forms a mutual relation with algae or Cyanobacteria it is called lichen. The fungus…

Q: What form of lichen is this ?

A: Lichens is  a symbiotic and permanent association of a fungus or mycobiont and an alga or…

Q: Differentiate between ectomycorrhizae and arbuscular mycorrhizae

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Soil Ecosystem

Soil provides a habitat or living environment for a large number of different species of organisms as well as plants. It provides all the essential nutrients and minerals for plants to grow. All these together form the soil ecosystem.