The best evidence for not classifying slime molds as fungi?

Answer 1

Slime molds and water molds (the oomycetes) are not in the fungal kingdom because they are separate evolutionary lineages. This is revealed by phylogenetic analyses using both molecular, morphological, and biochemical data.

The kingdom Fungi is united by the presence of chitin in their cell walls, a whiplash flagellum that is oriented on the posterior of the motile cell, the synthesis of lysine using the AAA pathway, plate-like cisternae in the mitochondria, the presence of a Spitzenkorper, and the use of glycogen as a energy storage compound.

Slime molds have a anterior whiplash flagella, and oomycetes (the water molds) have a tinsel and whiplash flagella that are laterally oriented. Both of them use the DAP pathway to synthesize lysine and have tubular cisternae in the mitochondria. Slime molds do not have cell walls (I think), and oomycete cell walls are made of cellulose. Oomycetes use mycolaminarin as an engery sotrage compound.

Answer 2

Fungi are separated from them based on their plate-like cristae in the mitochondria, the possession of a single, posterior, whiplash flagellum (in some forms), synthesis of lysine by the AAA pathway, the use of glycogen as a storage compound, and the presence of the Spitzenkorper in actively growing hyphae.

Slime molds engulf their food, which fungi do not. They also have 1-4 anteriorly directed flagella.

Answer 3

Fungi are not classified as plants because they lack chloroplasts (which means they cannot make their own food as plants do), synthesize lysine using the AAA pathway instead of the SAP pathway, have a single, posterior whiplash flagellum, and form a well supported clade with animals in recent molecular phylogenies.

Answer 4

They don't. Fungi are separated from them based on their plate-like cristae in the mitochondria, the possession of a single, posterior, whiplash flagellum (in some forms), synthesis of lysine by the AAA pathway, the use of glycogen as a storage compound, and the presence of the Spitzenkorper in actively growing hyphae.

Slime molds engulf their food, which fungi do not. They also have 1-4 anteriorly directed flagella.

Answer 5

Fungi are separated from them based on their plate-like cristae in the mitochondria, the possession of a single, posterior, whiplash flagellum (in some forms), synthesis of lysine by the AAA pathway, the use of glycogen as a storage compound, and the presence of the Spitzenkorper in actively growing hyphae.

Slime molds engulf their food, which fungi do not. They also have 1-4 anteriorly directed flagella.

Answer 6

Slime molds and water molds (the oomycetes) are not in the fungal kingdom because they are separate evolutionary lineages. This is revealed by phylogenetic analyses using both molecular, morphological, and biochemical data.

The kingdom Fungi is united by the presence of chitin in their cell walls, a whiplash flagellum that is oriented on the posterior of the motile cell, the synthesis of lysine using the AAA pathway, plate-like cisternae in the mitochondria, the presence of a Spitzenkorper, and the use of glycogen as a energy storage compound.

Slime molds have a anterior whiplash flagella, and oomycetes (the water molds) have a tinsel and whiplash flagella that are laterally oriented. Both of them use the DAP pathway to synthesize lysine and have tubular cisternae in the mitochondria. Slime molds do not have cell walls (I think), and oomycete cell walls are made of cellulose. Oomycetes use mycolaminarin as an engery sotrage compound.

Answer 7

fungi

fungi

it is both a plant and animal

Answer 8

because it is neither a complete solid or a complete liquid.

Answer 9

Plasmodium of slime mold lack chitin and its sex cells possess flafella . True fungi possess chitin and lack flagella on sex cells .

Answer 10

Slime mold lack chitin in their cell walls . hence they are not fungi.slime mold have a single yellow blob with many nuclei .this is a characteristic feature of plasmodium ( member of protozoa )