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  • Characteristics of spores
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  • Germination
  • Commercial uses
• Structure of hyphae »
  • Hyphal ultrastructure
  • Fungal wall
  • Septa
• Hyphal growth »
  • Apical growth
  • Hyphal branching
• Growth kinetics »
  • Definition of growth
  • Liquid batch culture
  • Liquid continuous culture
  • On solid media
• Asexual sporulation »
  • Introduction (asexual)
  • Types of spore
  • Zoospores
  • Chytridiomycota (asexual)
  • Oomycota (asexual)
  • Zygomycota (asexual)
  • Thallic conidia
  • Blastic conidia
  • Conidiophores
• Sexual sporulation »
  • Introduction (sexual)
  • Chytridiomycota (sexual)
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  • Formation of dikaryon
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Related web sites:

• Fun Facts About Fungi
• Fungal Cell Biology Group
• General Mycology
• Introductory Mycology
• Introduction to the Fungi
• Introductory Plant Pathology
• Tom Volk's Fungi
• WWW Virtual Library: Mycology
• WWW Virtual Library: Yeast Page

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