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Chapter 2
2.1 (c) Oomycetes
2.2 (c) 70000
2.3 (b) Basidiomycetes
2.4 (a ) Glomus
2.5 (a) Ascomycetes or basidiomycetes with algae or bacteria

Chapter 3
3.1 (c) hyphal anastomosis
3.2 (c) a polysaccharide
3.3 (b) soon after the spindle plaque has been duplicated
3.4 (b) branching of its component hyphae
3.5 (a) the plasma membrane

Chapter 4
4.1 (c) conidia
4.2 (a) oospores
4.3 (b) sporangiospores
4.4 (d) a lipopeptide
4.5 (c) two dissimilar flagella
4.6 (c) in nutrient medium with added vitamins

Chapter 5
5.1 (d)50%
5.2 (b) AIB 2 with A2B 1
5.3 (c) resists only strains of the fungus that carry a particular avirulence gene
5.4 (a) recombination without meiosis
5.5 (a) Chytridiomycetes

Chapter 6
6.1 (c) degrading wood and other plant remains to carbon dioxide
6.2 (d) an organic carbon source
6.3 (d) the soil
6.4 (a) oxidizing free radicals
6.5 (a) a specially raised monoclonal antibody

Chapter 7
7.1 (a) orchid mycorrhiza
7.2 (d) targeted gene disruption
7.3 (b) haustoria
7.4 (c) Armillaria mellea
7.5 (b) Malassezia

Chapter 8
8.1 (c) an airlift fermenter
8.2 (a) Aspergillus
8.3 (c) both (a)and (b)
8.4 (b) most are produced as families of related molecules
8.5 (d) its amino acid sequence is encoded by a specific messenger RNA