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Biology Module #4
definitions, please
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Extracellular digestion | digestin that takes place outside of the cell |
| Mycelium | the part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of digested food. |
| Hypha | a filament of fungal cells |
| Rhizoid hypha | hypha embedded in the material in which a fungus grows |
| Aerial hypha | hypha not embedded in the material in which a fungus grows |
| sporophore | specialized aerial hypha that produce spores |
| stolon | specialized aerial hypha that asexually reproduce to produce more hypha |
| haustorium | a parasitic hypha that enters the host's cells, absorbing nutrition directly from the cytoplasm |
| chitin | a chemical that provides toughness and flexibility \ |
| membrane | a thin covering of tissue |
| fermentation | the anaerobic breakdown of sugars into smaller molecules |
| zygospore | a zygote surrounded by a hard, protective covering |
| zygote | the result of sexual reproduction when each parent contributes half of the DNA necessary for the offspring |
| antibiotic | a chemical secreted by a living organism that kills or reduces the reproduction rate of other organisms |