Question

Which fungus is used in biological research?

Answer 1

Fungi :

The fungi are multicellular, eukaryotic, and heterotrophic organisms.

Neurospora:

1. The fungi Neurospora is considerably utilized in biological study. They belong to Genus Ascomycetes.
2. It is also known as Drosophila of the Kingdom Plantae as it is vastly used for research and experiments.
3. Neurospora plays an important role in biological research.
4. It grows easily and is haploid. Hence, the traits are expressed in the offspring.
5. It is easy to artificially induce hereditary changes in plants by either physical or chemical agents.
6. The nutritional requirements of Neurospora are simple because they may be easily cultivated on a simple medium with few salts, sugars, and biotin.
7. It rapidly grows and reproduces.
8. Analyzing tetrads is simple in the case of Neurospora.
9. The genome of their seven chromosomes is well sequenced.
10. Studies of circadian rhythms, population biology, mitochondrial import, DNA repair and recombination, DNA methylation, etc., have benefited greatly from the use of Neurospora.