2007-01-27 01:13:44 · 3 answers · asked by annaliese 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Yes, yeast is a fungus, but some differences from other typical fungi are:
1. Yeasts are unicellular.
2. Yeast can reproduce by budding.
3. Yeast can use aerobic respiration to get maximum ATPs from each glucose molecule, but they can use fermentation when oxygen is lacking. With fermentation they can still get 2 ATPs from each glucose, and the end products are alcohol and carbon dioxide.
2007-01-27 03:52:37 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first poster is right - yeast's ARE fungi. They differ from most 'mushrooms' (is this what you mean by 'typical fungus'?) in that they are single celled and have a different reproductive structure called an ascus. 'Mushrooms' are filamentous and have a reproductive structure call a basidium.
They are also taxonomically different (they occupy different evolutionary lineages) within fungi. The names reflect their different reproductive structures:
Yeasts are in the Ascomycota and most mushrooms are in the Basidiomycota.
I hope this helps.
2007-01-27 01:34:41 · answer #2 · answered by plantgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeasts ARE from the kingdom Fungi, they are fungus
2007-01-27 01:20:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋