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Zoosporic fungi

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Abstract

© 2025. Similar to the term algae, the term fungi does not refer to a monophyletic group, but instead refers to a polyphyletic group with shared traits that evolved due to ecological niche similarity. As such, fungi are eukaryotic organisms that generally take up nutrients from their surrounding environment by absorbing and transporting them into the cell for further use. This sets them apart from animals and protozoans, which take food up into their bodies for digestion, and from autotrophic plants and protists, which produce complex carbohydrates by absorbing and reducing carbon dioxide. However, some fungal groups, such as Aphelidiomycota and Rozellomycota, are also capable of phagocytosis.

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Author(s): Thines M, Beakes GW, Buaya AT, Tsai I, Seto K, Ke Y-H, James TY, Kagami M

Publication type: Note

Publication status: Published

Journal: Current Biology

Year: 2025

Volume: 35

Issue: 11

Pages: R475-R479

Print publication date: 09/06/2025

Online publication date: 09/06/2025

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

ISSN (print): 0960-9822

ISSN (electronic): 1879-0445

Publisher: Cell Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.054

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.054

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