AP BIOLOGY

THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

THE GENETICS OF VIRUSES AND BACTERIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An example of a fungi is a
A
plant
B
yeast
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Technically this group of fungi is known as the Ascomycetes or Ascomycota. Examples of sac fungi include morels, truffles, brewer’s yeast etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yeast-like fungi may be basidiomycetes, such as Cryptococcus neoformans or ascomycetes such as Candida albicans.

Detailed explanation-3: -yeast, any of about 1, 500 species of single-celled fungi, most of which are in the phylum Ascomycota, only a few being Basidiomycota.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yeasts are eukaryotic organisms while bacteria are prokaryotic organisms. Yeasts can reproduce sexually whereas bacteria cannot. Yeast cells are generally larger than most bacteria cells. Yeasts belong to the Fungi kingdom whereas Bacteria belong to the Bacteria kingdom.

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