ClassificationDomain- Eukarya
Kingdom- Fungi Phylum- Zygomycota Class- Zygomycetes Order- Mucorales Family- Mucoraceae Genus- Rhizopus Species- stolonifer |
NicheThis mold gets its nutrients by using enzymes to extract the nutrients from the site it resides on. As time goes on the mold will spread or get larger the older it gets. It prefers to be in moist environments to obtain life. Rhizopus stolonifer has a one great purpose used in medicational reasons. It is an ingreient found in common birth control pills. Now why in the world is bread mold in a birth control pill? Well it is because it has the ability to transform steroids, such as progesterone, in order to treat people that have hormonal deficientcies. It is the fastest growing mold in its phylm, zygomycota. If the air that the mold lives in is lives in becomes scarce then its spores that are produced wont be able to spread. This mold is a key role in the carbon cycle because it works as a decomposer in the soil, poop, and many food types. Even though foods will mold in the presence of the Rhizopus stolonifer, it is good because the componds in the food are being used not wasted.
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Additional Information
Scientists are thinking about making another kindom for molds because
they aren't like the other organisms in the kingdom fungus so they stand
on their own, but they do reproduce by the means of spores.
they aren't like the other organisms in the kingdom fungus so they stand
on their own, but they do reproduce by the means of spores.