Saccharomyces Cerevisiae as a Novel Organism
Definition Saccharomyces cerevisiae (also known as “Baker’s Yeast” or “Brewer’s Yeast”) is a unicellular fungus responsible for alcohol production and bread formation. Cultured for thousands …
Definition Saccharomyces cerevisiae (also known as “Baker’s Yeast” or “Brewer’s Yeast”) is a unicellular fungus responsible for alcohol production and bread formation. Cultured for thousands …
Mycology Definition Mycology is the study of fungi, their relationships to each other and other organisms, and the unique biochemistry which sets them apart from …
Hyphae Definition Hyphae are comprised of hypha, which are the long filamentous branches found in fungi and actinobacteria. Hyphae are important structures required for growth …
Conidiospores, commonly known as conidia, are asexual reproductive structures. The word is derived from the Greek konidion, a diminutive of konis, meaning dust. Conidia are …
In most groups of fungi, terminal or intercalary segments of the mycelium may become packed with lipid reserves and develop thick walls within the original …
An oospore is a sexually produced spore that develops from unequal gametangial copulation or markedly unequal (oogamous) gametic fusion. It is the characteristic sexually produced …
Basidiospores are the sexual spores that characterize a large group of fungi, the Basidiomycota, or basidiomycetes. In comparison with the morphological diversity of ascospores, basidiospores …
Ascospores are the characteristic spores of the largest group of fungi, the Ascomycota or ascomycetes. They are meiospores and are formed in the developing ascus …
In the Zygomycota, and especially in the Mucorales, the asexual spores are contained in globose sporangia or cylindrical merosporangia. Because they are non-motile, the spores …
Zoospores are spores that are self-propelled by means of flagella. Propulsion is often coupled with chemotactic movement, zoospores having the ability to sense chemicals diffusing …