- Water molds are heterotrophic and fungus-like.
- They can exist as unicellular organism or thin filaments.
- They are both parasitic and free-living.
- Water molds are able to reproduce sexually by fertilization and asexually by spores.
- They absorb food from surrounding environment or invade other organisms, and feed off them.
- A large portion of water molds feed on dead and decomposing organisms.
Examples
Saprolegnia
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Pythium Oligandrum
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Pythium Insidiosum
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