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Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that can be unicellular or multicellular. They have a cell structure that includes a nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum. Unlike mammalian cells, fungal cells have ergosterol rather than cholesterol in their cell membranes. Their rigid cell walls are composed of mannans, glucans, chitins, and fibrillar proteins. Fungi reproduce both asexually through mitosis forming conidia, and sexually through the fusion of haploid nuclei and meiosis forming spores. As heterotro

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Tamara Elyas

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