What's the difference between fungi and bacteria?

Answer 1

For starters, they are in completely different kingdoms (fungi are in the kingdom fungi and bacteria are kingdom Monera). Fungi are eukaryotes and bacteria are prokaryotes. Bacteria are single celled; whereas, most fungi are multicellular but some fungi are single celled (like yeast). Both possess cell walls but the components within the cell walls are different (fungi have chitin in their cell wall, the same component found in the exoskeleton of insects). Fungi are heterotrophs, meaning they have to get their food from an outside source. Bacteria can be autotrophs (make their own food) or heterotrophs, depending on the bacteria.

Answer 2

The same as cheese and mushrooms. No, wait, cheese is basically molded evaporated milk (yum, huh?) Let see, fungi reproduce with spores, bacterial by mitosis. Bacteria are single celled, fungi are multicelled. I'm not sure if fungi are still classified as plants or not (they were when I was in school, but that was before the advent of protozoa, which bacteria are). Animals live symbiotically with bacteria, but not with fungi. Do I get a cookie?

Answer 3

Fungi are eukaryotic and bacteria are prokaryotic which basically means fungi have their genetic material organized in a nucleus like plants and animals while bacteria have no nucleus. Also, eukaryotes have membrane bound organelles and prokaryotes do not.

Answer 4

Bacteria are one celled and are Prokaryotes because they do not have a nucleus. A fungi is multicellular and are eukaryotes because they have a nucleus. This is the most basic difference.

Answer 5

The first 3 answers are good and correct.

I will just add that fungi are more closely related to animals (including humans) than plants are.