Fungi Characterization
Osmotrophic
Chemoorganoheterotroph
tolerant agains acids and dryness
growth in filamentous structures
Habitats and relationship of fungi
Saphrohytes
Parasites
Symbionts
What is Saprophytes ?
Fungi that live in
soil
wood
all kind of organic and inorganic material
What are the groups of fungi like? tell min one character
Fungi- like protist: cell wall without chitin
Oomycetes: related to algae, cell wall with cellulose
Myxobionta (slime molds): no cell wall, forms plasmodia
Groups of Chromista
Heterokonts
Haptophytes
Cryptomands
Phylum of Archaea and their characteristics
Crenarchaeota: thermophilic sulfur metabolizer
Euryarchaeota: methanogens, halophiles and thermophilic sulfur reducer
Phylum of bacteria
Acquificae (earliest branch): H2 for energy production
Thermotogae: thermophilic
Chloroflexi: green non sulfur bacteria
Cyanobacteria:
Chlorobi: green sulfur bacteria
Proteobacteria: gram negativ, all five class base on rRNA data
Characteristics of the Phylum Firmicutes
Which groups involve?
gram positiv and low G+C DNA
Clostridia
Mollicutes
Bacilli