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27. Oomycetes, as the name suggests (myc- = fungus), looks like fungi; however, they are not. What characteristics do they have in common with fungus? What do they have in difference?
Ans. Oomycetes is a also called "Water molds". They are pathogenic and cause disease such as seedling blights, foliar blights, damping-off, root rots, and downy mildews.
The Similarities between Oomycetes and Fungi are :
| Oomycetes and Fungi | 
| 
 Both have heterotrophic mode of nutrition  | 
| Both obtains nutrition from absorption | 
| Dont have chlorophyll and thus cant do photosynthesis | 
| Cell having cell wall (chemical nature varies) | 
| Both produces spores as mode of reproduction | 
Differences Between Oomycetes and Fungi
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| Oomycetes | Fungi | 
| Have aseptate and coenocytic tubular hyphae | Either single cell or septate hyphae, with having one or more nuclei per cell | 
| Vegetative phase diploid, except of transient haploid nuclei in gametangia. | Typically dikaryotic or haploid, often with semi stable or stable diploid stage. | 
| No dikaryotic phase. | Have dikaryotic phase in higher groups. | 
| No toxic metabolites | Presence of toxic metabolites, which are aromatic, heterocyclic components or proteins | 
| Produces oospores during reproduction | Doesnt produce oospores. But other types of spores are formed for reproduction. | 
| Major energy reserve is Mycolaminarin | Glycogen | 
| Have mitochondria with tubular cristae | Flattened cristae | 
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