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(b) Measles Unicellular fungi (yeast) live in colonies.

(c) Acquired immunodeficiency disease Yeast can be stored in form of tablets or
syndrome (AIDS) caused by human powder. Moulds are multicellular. An
immunodeficiency virus i.e. (HIV). example of a mould is mushroom. Small
moulds can be seen on a stale bread
3. Fungi (singular Fungus) : Fungi are a
member of eukaryotic organisms that include piece or on a rotten fruit.
yeasts and moulds. Study of fungi is called
mycology.

(a) Habitat : Fungi are generally present at
the moist and damp surfaces.
(b) Size : Size of fungi ranges somewhere
between 5-50 mm.
Yeast Mould
(c) Shape : Fungi can be of several different
shapes e.g., a conical shaped fungus,
convex shaped, flattened, funnel like,
umblicat or bell like.

Campanulate : Conical : Cone/Triangular Convex : Outwardly Mushsroom Rhizopus
Bell shaped shaped rounded
(e) Nutrition : Mode of nuitrition of fungi is
either saprophytic or parasitic. Moulds
obtain the nutrition from the substance
Depressed : Flat : Regular, Infundibuliform : Funnel on which they grow.
Central depression uniform depth shaped
(f) Reproduction : Fungi reproduce by bud

formation as well as by spore formation.

Ovate : Oval shape Umbillicate : Small, Umbontae : Central
deep central depression bump
(d) Structure : Fungi are unicellular or
multicellular. They are enclosed by a cell

wall made up of cellulose, but they lack
chlorophyll photosynthetic-pigment. Budding in fungi

The first antibiotic was discovered by Alexander Flemming in 1928.

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