Saprophytism and the Characteristics of Saprophytes
This is a mode of life exhibited by some fungi and bacteria in which their energy giving and body building requirements are derived from the…
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Bioremediation : An Alternative in Cleaning Up The Niger Delta
Bioremediation is the use of a micro-organism’s metabolic activities to eliminate and clean up pollutants. Bioremediation would therefore serve as an environmentally friendly alternative in…
Mycorrhizae : Physiological Relationships between Fungal Associations
It is not always very easy to account for the physiological relationships between the partners of a mycorrhiza. The precise effects of the association differ…
Mycorrizal Associations and Fungus Partnerships
The term mycorrhiza describes the association between the roots a higher plant and the fungal mycelium. Such associations exist almost invariably between fungi and the roots…