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Rhizopus stolonifer growing on bread (left), with enlargement showing the stolon, rhizoids, and sporangiophores. Photosynthesis Activities, Diseases Pictures, Fungi Illustration, Types Of Fungi, Primary Science, Bread Mold, Slime Mould, Medical School Essentials, Diagram Design

Rhizopus, cosmopolitan genus of some 10 species of filamentous fungi in the family Rhizopodaceae (formerly Mucoraceae), in the order Mucorales. Several species, including Rhizopus stolonifer (the common bread mold), have industrial importance, and a number are responsible for diseases in plants and animals. The majority of Rhizopus species are saprobic (decomposers) and feed on a variety of dead organic matter, though some species are parasitic or pathogenic. Rhizopus fungi are characterized…

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Facts on Bread Mold | Sciencing Rotting Food, Kinds Of Bread, Bread Mould, Bread Types, Black Bread, Mold Spores, Different Types Of Bread, Dutch Still Life, Independent Study

Of the tens of thousands of fungal species, bread mold is the most common. Bread molds are microscopic fungi that take food and nutrients from the bread they grow on. Molds grow on bread as filamentous, thread-like structures known as hyphae. The spores from dry bread molds float through the air until they find another suitable location to grow and reproduce.

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Penicillin and Bread Crumbs through history.... Moldy Bread, Alexander Fleming, Nutrient Cycle, Rotten Food, Scenes From A Marriage, Rotten Fruit, Gross Food, Metal Sculptures Garden, Growth And Decay

Today, February 14th, Sir Alexander Fleming is credited with discovering penicillin in 1929, but many scientists and physicians before him left a literal bread trail to be followed. I’m actually surprised that it took until 1929 to realize that penicillin could kill some bacteria! Why? Because all the way back in ancient Egypt, moldy bread was [...]

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