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प्रश्न
Are fungi useful in medical sciences? How?
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उत्तर
Yes. Many types of antibiotics are obtained from fungi which are used in medical sciences. Today about 25 types of antibiotics are commercially produced from moulds.
For example: Penicillin is obtained from the fungus Penicillium notatum. Griseofulvin is extracted from the fungus Penicillium griseofulvum.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name any one variety of edible mushrooms.
Tick (✓) mark the correct statement/statements.
(a) All mushrooms are poisonous.
(b) All toadstools are poisonous.
(c) Some toadstools are poisonous.
(d) Some mushrooms are edible.
If you leave a piece of moist bread covered under a small bell jar at a warm place, mould grows on it in a few days. Answer the following with reference to this observation:
How did the mould get inside the bell-jar?
If you leave a piece of moist bread covered under a small bell jar at a warm place, mould grows on it in a few days. Answer the following with reference to this observation:
What would happen if the bread was not covered by the bell-jar?
Write in proper sequence the five major steps in the cultivation of the common edible mushrooms.
Comment on the following:
Yeast is used in bakeries and breweries.
Give the name of the
fungus that gives penicillin
Give the name of the
mould that causes lung mycosis.
How are fungi important as food?
Read the following statements and select the correct option.
Statement I: Nostoc is a chemosynthetic autotroph.
Statement II: Nostoc can fix atmospheric nitrogen in heterocysts.
