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Lichen is a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and algae. The algae are the autotrophic component of this partnership. Green algae and cyanobacterium are types of algae commonly found in lichen.
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∙ 9y agoA lichen is a symbiotic relationship between two organisms, a fungus and an alga. The alga is the autotrophic component of the lichen.
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What is phycobiont and mycobiont?
Photobiont - A photosynthetic partner of a symbiotic pair. Mycobiont - The fungal component of a lichen
What eats lichens in the tundra?
The most common animal to eat lichens in the tundra is the caribou (reindeer) and its favorite lichen is reindeer moss
What are the subgroups of moners?
The subgroups of monera are heterotrophic and autotrophic. Heterotrophic are basically the types of bacteria, meanwhile autotrophic is a type of blue-green algae.
Are elephant shrews autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Like all animals they are heterotrophic.
How do two organisms help each other?
The two parts of the lichen help each other by making it so that the algal part of a lichen provides food while the phycobiont provides protection.
What is common autotrophic component of lichen?
Lichen is a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and algae. The algae are the autotrophic component of this partnership. Green algae and cyanobacterium are types of algae commonly found in lichen.
What creates lichen?
It's one of these four: heterotrophic algae and autotrophic fungi heterotrophic bacteria and heterotrophic fungi autotrophic algae and autotrophic fungi autotrophic bacteria and heterotrophic fungi But I'm mot sure which.
A common pioneer organism in a succession is the?
Lichen
What is thyto plankton?
A miss spelling of phyto plankton.Phytoplankton are the autotrophic component of the plankton community.
What is a plant that consist of both fungi and algae?
Definitionally speaking, if something is a plant, it cannot have a fungal component since fungi are not plants. However, a lichen is often considered by laymen to be a plant (even though it is actually a symbiotic relationship of two or more organisms). A lichen is the most common example of algae and fungi working together.
What is phycobiont and mycobiont?
Photobiont - A photosynthetic partner of a symbiotic pair. Mycobiont - The fungal component of a lichen
Which factor if the most important algal contribution to the fungal component of a lichen?
They derive their food photosynthetically
What is mycobiont?
Mycobiont is the fungal component of a lichen which provides shelter and absorbs minerals and water for the algae.
What is big group of lichen?
The most common type of lichen are single-celled green algae of the genus Trebouxia.
What term is coined for the algal component of lichen?
Fungalcomponentis known as mycobiont andalgae componentis called phycobiont.
What consists of the mutualistic relationship of a fungus or either algae or autotrophic bacteria?
LichensA lichen (LIE kuhn) is a combination of a fungus and an alga that grow together. The alga actually lives inside the protective walls of the fungus. The resulting organism is different from either organism growing alone. The lichen is a result of a mutualistic relationship. But the merging of the two organisms to form a lichen is so complete that scientists give lichens their own scientific names.Shortened answer: Lichen
What is the scientific and common name of autotrophic bacteria?
Cyanobacteria. Algae
