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To explain: The effect on fungal hyphae, growing in a substrate with a higher solute concentration.
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To explain: The relation between fungal hyphae growing in a substrate with a higher solute concentration and food preservation techniques such as drying or salting.
Introduction: “Fungi are heterotrophic in nature”. They utilize organic compounds, known as substrate, to fulfil their nutritional requirements. Soil, pieces of bread, and many other materials act as a substrate. The enzymes released by fungi break down the complex organic molecules into small organic molecules which can be easily absorbed by fungi. Hyphae are microscopic, branched filaments which give rise to the fungi body known as mycelium.
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