FUNGAL DISEASES
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 range from microscopic single-celled organisms, such as yeast, to gigantic multicellular organisms.
Many fungi play a crucial role in decomposition (breaking things down) and returning nutrients to the soil. They are also used in medicine, an example is the antibiotic penicillin, as well as in industry and food preparation. For a long time fungi were classified as plants, mainly because of their similar lifestyles - both are seen to grow in soil and are sessile (permanently attached; not moving). Plant and fungal cells both have a cell wall, while cells from the animal kingdom don't. Fungi are thought to have diverged from the plant and animal kingdoms about one billion years ago. Human feet have hundreds of fungi - researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, reported in the journal Nature that nearly 200 types of fungi species live on our feet. Our feet harbor more fungi than any other part of the body.
REFERENCE: MEDICAL NEWS TODAY
DATE PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
RINGWORM DISEASE
WHAT IS RINGWORM?
Ringworm is a skin infection caused by a fungus. It is not caused by worms, and there are no worms involved, despite the name. Treatment with an antifungal cream usually works well.Ringworm is a fungal skin infection. There are many types of fungal germs (fungi) and some can infect the skin, nails, and hair. Fungal infections are also known as "tinea" or "dermatophyte infections" or "dermatophytosis". This
Many fungi play a crucial role in decomposition (breaking things down) and returning nutrients to the soil. They are also used in medicine, an example is the antibiotic penicillin, as well as in industry and food preparation. For a long time fungi were classified as plants, mainly because of their similar lifestyles - both are seen to grow in soil and are sessile (permanently attached; not moving). Plant and fungal cells both have a cell wall, while cells from the animal kingdom don't. Fungi are thought to have diverged from the plant and animal kingdoms about one billion years ago. Human feet have hundreds of fungi - researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, reported in the journal Nature that nearly 200 types of fungi species live on our feet. Our feet harbor more fungi than any other part of the body.
REFERENCE: MEDICAL NEWS TODAY
DATE PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
RINGWORM DISEASE
WHAT IS RINGWORM?
Ringworm is a skin infection caused by a fungus. It is not caused by worms, and there are no worms involved, despite the name. Treatment with an antifungal cream usually works well.Ringworm is a fungal skin infection. There are many types of fungal germs (fungi) and some can infect the skin, nails, and hair. Fungal infections are also known as "tinea" or "dermatophyte infections" or "dermatophytosis". This