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Title: Unseen and unsung heroes: The microbes
Authors: Raghukumar, S.
Citation: Know our shore: Goa, ed. by: Untawale, A.G. 20-27p.
Issue Date: 2004
Publisher: WWF for Nature-India
Abstract: Fungi are larger microorganisms and their bodies are mostly filamentous, the filaments being called hyphae. It is now believed that fungi evolved from an ancestor that was also common to animals. The width of the fungal hyphae is just about 3 to 5 microns, while their lengths can be indeterminate. Fungi are next only to bacteria in terms of their metabolic versatility, but they lack several capabilities that are present in the latter. Thus, fungi are mostly aerobic and are always heterotrophic. The special feature of fungi, however, is their ability to produce apically growing hyphae, conferring upon them the special capability of penetrating deep into solid organic material. Like bacteria, fungi can grow on almost all natural organic compounds.
Document type: Book Chapter
Copyright: Copyright [2004]. It is tried to respect the rights of the copyright holders to the best of the knowledge. If it is brought to our notice that the rights are violated then the item would be withdrawn.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2264/1120
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