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Fungi

In Our Time: Science

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Enzymes in Fungi

A key feature of fungi is the ability to grow through organic matter. They penetrate all those tiny crevicesand pores that are found in bits of organic matter. The structure within the cell, is very much in common with other mammalian and indeed animal cells. A particular fungus has a cell wall, which confers rigidity to it. So many of the organees within a fungle cell are common to animal cells. Then what's te life? Is there a regular life cycle? Aba bungy yohungus? Yes. There are millions of species of fungy and so there aerere lots of different life cycles. But if we take a mushroom, so imagine the

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