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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do most fungi have in common

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Fungi have a common nutritional mode: Absorption: The transport of food from their substrate into their cell walls. The following events occur in this mode of nutrition: If the available food that the fungus is using is soluble, i.e. a simple organic compound, such as simple sugars and amino acids, the mycelium or yeast cells can transport the food directly through their cell wall. If the available food is insoluble, i.e. a large, complex, organic compound, such as lignin, cellulose and pectin, then production the food must first be digested. Digestion is carried out by the production of various enzymes that are substrate specific and will break down insoluble food material to soluble compounds that can be transported through the cell wall. Although this appears to be very different from the way in which we (animals) digest food, it differs only in the sequence of events that takes place. Where we ingest food and then digest it, fungi first digest their food before ingestion.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i just read dat on google lol. i was tryin to get a shorter version tho

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well than it's just absorbption. Fungi usually consume on dead organisms

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks

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