Fungi

more self-sufficient. These types of prokaryotes are called autotrophic. Although there are some that cannot produce their own food; this type of prokaryotes is called heterotrophic. -Fungi: Have no cell walls in their structure but they are multicellular. Fungi also don’t have chlorophyll, saprophytic feeders. Fungi are heterotrophic organisms therefore they are…

each other on many different levels. Although many things take place during this extraordinary symbiosis, there are a few keystone mutualists within this leaf-cutter ant community that without them, the results would be almost catastrophic. For one, fungi are extremely important to the ants. Specifically, the fungus Lepiotaceae . The ants cultivate this fungus and feed it to their larvae. Leaf-cutter ants contain a bacterium called Pseudonocardia that lives on ants and kills off Escovopsis…

correspondence: dreman_elargawy@yahoo.com Abstract Six common fungicides, Dithane M45, Kocide 2000, Ridomil Gold Plus, Score, Equation Pro and Kemazed were tested for controlling the draceana leaf spot fungi. All the tested fungicides significantly decreased the in vitro growth of the tested dracaena leaf spot fungi. Percentage of inhibition on colony diameter ranged between 49.64% with Dithane M45 to 82.18% with Score which was followed…

germs that cause pneumonia are bacteria, virus, mycoplasma, and fungi. There…

Pectinase is one of the widely used enzymes in the food and enzyme industry. It is an enzyme group that comprises polymethylgalacturonase (PMG), polygalacturonase (PG), and pectin lysase. These enzymes are used in degradation of pectic substances, which involves deesterification and depolymerization reactions. Pectic substances are the major structural component found in plant’s cell wall and lamellae. Types of pectic substances include protopectin, pectin, pectinic acid, pectic acid and…

Infectious diseases and Infections Infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. Many microorganisms live in our body and in our environment, in which most of them are advantageous such as bacteria found in our intestine is useful for food digestion and fungi used for foods such as mushrooms and yeast. However, in certain conditions these organisms can also cause illnesses. Infectious diseases can be transmitted, directly or indirectly, from one person…

everywhere and have interactions with most of living things and non-livings things. Also, it causes either positive or negative impacts within these interactions. Certain types of microbes play a big role in all ecosystems on Earth, such as bacteria and fungi in order to not only maintain the life cycle on Earth but also helpful in human activities. Therefore, this essay is aiming to identify the role of these groups of microbes and how important they are in all ecosystems, specifically…

Where Do Bacteria Grow? I had some prior knowledge about bacteria before conducting the environmental sampling lab. I knew that bacteria could be found in many different places. Also, different types of bacteria grow in different conditions. From prior experience, I remembered that to grow bacteria in a petri dish one must follow the proper technique. I chose to test how much bacteria grows on toilet handle in the bathroom. My prediction for the experiment before it was conducted was that…

Microorganisms are living organisms which can be seen only with the aid of microscope. They are widespread in nature and are beneficial to life, but some can cause serious harm. There are six major types of micro-organisms these are bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, algae, and viruses. This essay aims to analyse micro-organisms and disease. First the key features of the main categories of micro-organisms and the roles of commensals, and pathogens will be explained respectively. Then mode of…

This study compared the changes in gene expression within wing tissue of Little Brown Myostis infected with White Nose Syndrome to bats without White Nose Syndrome. As expected, Pseudogymnoascus destructans caused significant changes in gene expression within the tissue. Inflammatory responses paired with anti-fungal host responses were triggered by the introduction of Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Necessary chemokines (Small secreted proteins that induce a certain response) were produced in…