Assertion: fungus's cell wall | /r/HasProperty | chitin
Facets:
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
value: in basidiomycota
type: LOCATION
value: components in zygomycota
type: LOCATION
value: in chytridiomycota
type: LOCATION
value: in ascomycota
type: LOCATION
value: variably
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The fungal cell wall is composed of glucans and chitin; while glucans are also found in plants and chitin in the exoskeleton of arthropods, fungi are the only organisms that combine these two structural molecules in their cell wall.
text: Place fungi on a phylogenetic tree Identify and describe the key adaptations unique to fungi (cell walls made of chitin and external digestion), including morphological, life cycle, and
text: The cell walls of the hyphae are variably composed of chitin and β-glucans, just as in Basidiomycota.
text: The fungal cell wall in the Kingdom Fungi is composed of chitin and glucans (in Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Chytridiomycota) as well as chitosan and other components (in Zygomycota) (Kirk et al., 2008)
text: Currently, most mycologists define fungi as those organisms that are nucleated, achlorophyllous, typically reproduce sexually and asexually by spores, and whose somatic structure is composed of filamentous branched or yeast, which are surrounded by cells walls composed of chitin.
text: The Eumycota consist of eukaryotic, nonchlorophyllous heterotrophs that absorb nutrients from dead or living organic matter, have cell walls composed of chitin , and store excess energy as glycogen .
text: Fungal cell walls are composed of chitin, the compound also found in arthropod exoskeletons (for example, lobster shells).
text: Chytrids possess posteriorly uniflagellate spores, mitochondria with flattened cristae, and cell walls composed of glucan and chitin.
text: In the strict sense organisms classified as fungi have cell walls composed primarily of chitin.
text: Another definition of fungus is to denote a group of eukaryotic protists, including mushrooms, yeasts, rusts, molds, smuts, etc., which are characterised by the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall composed of chitin, mannans and sometimes cellulose.
text: In the strict sense organisms classified as fungi have cell walls composed primarily of chitin.
text: Whereas fungal cell walls are made primarily of chitin, Phytophthora cell walls are constructed mostly of cellulose.
text: Fungal cells have a cell wall made of chitin (remember that plant cell walls are made of cellulose).
text: The fungi cell wall is made of chitin, a complex polysaccharide also found in the exoskeleton of insects.