NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM FUNGI

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is a characteristic of fungi?
A
Some fungi are motile.
B
Store food in the form of glycogen.
C
Autotrophic
D
Have cell walls made up of cellulose.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -So, the correct answer is ‘Cell wall composition’.

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -glycogen, white, amorphous, tasteless polysaccharide (C6H1005)n. It is the principal form in which carbohydrate is stored in higher animals, occurring primarily in the liver and muscles. It also is found in various species of microorganisms-e.g., bacteria and fungi, including yeasts.

Detailed explanation-5: -Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals, fungi, and bacteria.

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