NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fungi are heterotrophic which means that they do not make their food but obtain their nourishment from some outside source. They absorb carbohydrates from the substrate and store it in the form of glycogen. In fungi, the glycogen is stored as oil globules. Thus the correct answer is (D) Glycogen.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fungi store food in the form of glycogen, along with oil bodies. Reserve food varies in different species. It can be in various forms of carbohydrates, such as fructose, sucrose or starch in plants and as glycogen in animals and fungi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals, fungi, and bacteria.

Detailed explanation-4: -Glycogen is the main storage carbohydrate energy source for fungi and animals. It is found in plants. It is found in animals and fungi. It occurs in grains.

Detailed explanation-5: -The fundamental mechanisms of yeast carbohydrate storage and their regulation have been established in the well-researched model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae [3]. This fungus synthesizes glycogen as the main form of carbohydrate storage when carbon, nitrogen or phosphorous become limiting [4].