NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Differences between bacterial and fungal colonies Bacterial colonies consist of a mass of bacterial cells arising from a single bacterium’s fragmentation, while fungal colonies consist of fungal hyphae made up of a single spore. Bacterial colonies are tiny, whereas most hyphae-developing fungal colonies are huge.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sexually reproducing fungi may combine by fusing their hyphae together into an interconnected network called anastomosis. Sexual reproduction begins when the haploid hyphae from two fungal organisms meet and join. Although the cytoplasm from each fuse together, the nuclei remain separate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fungi are a diverse group of organisms with a huge variation in reproductive strategy. While almost all species can reproduce sexually, many reproduce asexually most of the time.

Detailed explanation-4: -Following are the important characteristics of fungi: Fungi are eukaryotic, non-vascular, non-motile and heterotrophic organisms.