NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are about 25, 000 species that have been classified in the deuteromycota and many are basidiomycota or ascomycota anamorphs. Fungi producing the antibiotic penicillin and those that cause athlete’s foot and yeast infections are algal fungi.

Detailed explanation-2: -Imperfect fungi are those that do not display a sexual phase. They are classified as belonging to the form Phylum Deuteromycota.

Detailed explanation-3: -Penicillium is an important genus of phylum ascomycota, found in the natural environment as well as in food and drug production.

Detailed explanation-4: -Asexual Ascomycota, such as Penicillium or Candida species, used to be classified separately in the Deuteromycota because sexual characters were necessary for Ascomycota classification.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some of the examples of the Deuteromycetes are Cercospora, Colletotrichum, Trichoderma, Pyricularia, and Fusarium. Cercospora: It’s an ascomycete fungus genus.