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2007-01-11 23:08:58 · 2 answers · asked by eunicehoyn1995 1 in Education & Reference Primary & Secondary Education

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Most of the blue-green, red and brown molds that cause food spoilage are Ascomycetes. The part of most mold that is usually responsible for it's color are the conidia (or spores) which are reproductive structures. A single mold spore can grow into an entire colony, make more spores, and then those spores can spread to make more colonies.

The color of some molds found in food give the food it's characteristic color. For example, Bleu cheese gets it blue color from a mold called Penicillum... which is also the same genus which makes the antibiotic penicillin.

Mold spores have the particular color they do because of their genes. Before mold scientists (called mycologists) knew about DNA, they classified molds with different colors as different species. We now know that two molds can be a different color, but really be the same kind of mold.

All Fungi are heterotrophic, organisms that cannot manufacture organic compounds and so must feed on organic materials that have originated in other plants and animals. Chlorophyll is a green pigment of plant cells, and some photosynthetic algae and bacteria, which is receptor of light energy in photosynthesis. It is usually associated with autotrophs, an organism that is able to synthesize the nutritive substances it requires from inorganic substances in its environment.

2007-01-12 03:43:05 · answer #1 · answered by faithy_q_t_poo 3 · 0 0

mould isnt a plant.

2007-01-11 23:25:51 · answer #2 · answered by tonima 4 · 0 0

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