Question

list 10 points about fungi,algae,bacteria and viruses

Answer 1

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Virus

• Strictly intracellular parasites
• Reproduce only once inside a living cell
• Appear non living once outside
• Consists of a nucleic acid enclosed in a protein coat called capsid

Bacteria

• Smallest living cells
• Cell wall is made up of peptidoglycan
• Reproduce asexually by binary fission
• Prokaryotic cell structure

Algae

• Cellulosic cell wall
• Chloroplasts present
• Uninucleated cells
• Reserve food is starch

Fungus

• Cell wall made up of chitin
• No chloroplasts , hence they are colourless
• Cells may be uni or multinucleated
• Glycogen is the reserve food.

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