MADAM SASIMALANI SARGUNNAM INTRODUCTION Figure 1: Common fungi The Kingdom Fungi includes some of the most important organisms‚ both in terms of their ecological and economic roles. By breaking down dead organic material‚ they continue the cycle of nutrients through ecosystems. In addition‚ most vascular plants could not grow without the symbiotic fungi‚ or mycorrhizae‚ that inhabit their roots and supply essential nutrients. Other fungi provide numerous drugs such as penicillin and other antibiotics
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FUNGI (SINGULAR: FUNGUS) ARE CLASSIFIED WITHIN OWN KINGDON. THE KINGDOM FUNGI‚ WHILE SOME ARE IN THE KINGDOM PROTISTA.A FUNGUS IS NEITHER A PLANT NOR AN ANIMAL. IT IS SIMILAR TO A PLANT‚ BUT IT HAS NO CHLOROPHYLL AND CANNOT MAKE IT OWN FOOD LIKE A PLANT CAN THROUGHT PHOTOSYNTHESE. THE GET THEIR FOOD BY ABSORBING NUTRIENTS FROM THEIR SURROUNDINGS. Kingdom Fungi includes mushrooms‚ rusts‚ smuts‚ puffballs‚ truffles‚ morels‚ molds‚ and yeasts‚ and thousands of other organisms and microorganisms. They
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endophytic fungi extracts from the medicinal plant Kigelia africana. Al-mahi Idris‚ Ietidal Al-tahir and Eihab Idris* Faculty of Science‚ University of Khartoum. P.O. Box 321‚ Postal Code 11115‚ Khartoum‚ Sudan. *Corresponding author: E-mail: eihabidriss@gmail.com ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to identify the endophytic fungi of the medicinal plant Kigelia africana (Lam) Benth. (Bignoniaceae) and to investigate their potential antimicrobial activity. Seven species of endophytic fungi were successfully
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in plants when mycorrihza is added and when it is not added and to observe and study the importance it has in our nature and life . Abstract: The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis is a symbiotic association between plant roots and fungi. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonize roots and improve plant nutrition. This‚ in general results in a higher yield of the AM crop‚ especially in poor soils. Due to the fact that this is a symbiotic relationship‚ both the fungus and the plant benefit from
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MYCOLOGY David H. Ellis‚ Mycology Unit‚ Women ’s and Children ’s Hospital‚ Adelaide. Definition of fungi. The living world is divided into the five kingdoms of Planta‚ Animalia‚ Fungi‚ Protista and Monera. It is important to recognize that the fungi are not related to bacteria (Monera). To define the exact limits of the groups in a few words is virtually impossible‚ however generally speaking fungi are eukaryotica‚ heterotrophicb‚ unicellular to filamentous‚ rigid cell walledc‚ sporebearing organisms
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Thermophilic Fungi Title : Screening of Cellulolytic Activity of Locally Isolated Thermophilic Fungi Objective : To screen for thermophilic fungi as producer of fungal cellulase. Introduction One of the most important sources of carbon that is abundantly found on this planet is cellulose. While cellulase is the enzyme to degrade this carbon and it is a key enzyme in the bio refinery process of producing green chemicals (Ponnambalam et al.‚ 2011). In screening for the cellulolytic fungi‚ several
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cyanobacteria) and eukaryotes (fungi‚ mosses‚ ferns‚ gymnosperms and angiosperms) were included under ‘Plants’. It is based on the presence of cell wall. But prokaryotes and eukaryotes are widely differed in other characteristics. It included the unicellular and the multicellular organisms in same group. E.g. Chlamydomonas and Spirogyra were placed under algae. It did not differentiate between the heterotrophic fungi and the autotrophic green plants. Fungi have chitinous cell wall while
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Leslie Key Dr. Pickens Plant Bio 20 April 2013 Plant and fungi use in Bioremediation In 1975‚ a military jet fuel leaked over 80‚000 gallons of kerosene based jet-fuel into a lake in the suburbs of Charleston‚ SC. Many people tried to manage the oil spill but it was to no avail. It was almost impossible to stop all of the fuel from being soaked up by the very permeable sandy soil and reaching the ground water. Soon all of the ground water became contaminated and had many toxic chemicals in
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represents the smallest and least complex of all organisms. Through the process of mutation and adaptation they were able to survive to evolve into our modern day Bacteria‚ Archaea‚ Fungi and Protists. These post organisms have benefited from their early ancestor‚ by way of Endosymbiosis. Intricate protest and fungi are also able to use these genetic and chemical changes to their advantage and are very successful organisms. A prokaryote is a single celled organism that is lacking a nucleus‚ mitochondria
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Life Concept 1.2 Organizing the diversity of life Diversity the hallmark of life So far about 1.8 million specie have been identified and named by biologists To this date‚ diversity of life includes at least 6300 species of prokaryotes 100000 fungi 290000 plants 52000 vertebrates 1 million insects Researchers add about 1000 more species each year Total number of species range from 10 million to over 100 million Grouping Species: The Basic Idea Taxonomy branch of biology that names and
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