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Are bacteria fungi?


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Fungi:

  1. Fungi are eukaryotic organisms. They can be multicellular or unicellular. Example: Saccharomyces, Penicillium.
  2. Their nucleus is surrounded by the nuclear membrane. They also possess various membrane-bound cell organelles.
  3. Their cell size ranges from 2-10 μm.
  4. Their cell wall contains chitin.
  5. They have 80S ribosomes.
  6. They are heterotrophic organisms that derive nutrition from other organisms.

Bacteria:

  1. Bacteria are prokaryotic, unicellular organisms. Example: Pseudomonas, Rhizobium.
  2. They contain a nucleoid, an irregular-shaped region, that contains circular DNA. They lack membrane-bound cell organelles.
  3. Their cell size ranges from 0.1-5 μm.
  4. Their cell wall comprises peptidoglycan.
  5. They have 70S ribosomes.
  6. Some of them are autotrophic that can synthesize their own food, whereas, others are heterotrophic.

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