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Marco Thines1, Gordon W Beakes2, Anthony T Buaya3
1Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Department of Biological Sciences, Goethe University, Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60348 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106319, Taiwan.
Abstract:
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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