NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The zygomycetes are a relatively small group in the fungi kingdom and belong to the Phylum Zygomycota. They include the familiar bread mold, Rhizopus stolonifer, which rapidly propagates on the surfaces of breads, fruits, and vegetables.

Detailed explanation-2: -Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, is a former division or phylum of the kingdom Fungi. The members are now part of two phyla: the Mucoromycota and Zoopagomycota. Approximately 1060 species are known. They are mostly terrestrial in habitat, living in soil or on decaying plant or animal material.

Detailed explanation-3: -The genus Rhizopus has the same common name, bread mold, as the entire phylum, Zygomycota, in which it is found. The Zygomycota are in the Kingdom Fungi, a group unified by two structural features, a filamentous structure and the presence of cell walls formed of the polysaccharide chitin.

Detailed explanation-4: -The zygomycetes are a class of fungi known to cause cutaneous, locally invasive, and disseminated infection. This class includes Rhizopus spp., Rhizomucor spp., Absidia spp., Apophysomyces spp., Cunninghamella spp., and Mucor spp.

Detailed explanation-5: -Phylum: Zygomycota Rhizopus stolonifer belongs to the phylum Zygomycota because it sexually produces zygospores and is considered saprophytic and parasitic.