Life Of The Molds

Duration: 21

Year Published: 1958

Creator: Informedia Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Shows that molds and other fungi are both destructive and beneficial and uses time-lapse cinephotomicrography to present the life cycle of a mold. Uses drawings to describe the Irish potato blight famine of 1845. Uses time-lapse photography to show mushrooms sprouting and the hypha of mold growing in bread. Describes examples of sexual and asexual reproduction in the powdery mildew and potato blight. Tells of the enzymes secreted by molds and the use of these chemicals in the making of antibiotics and medicines. Presents the use of molds in genetic studies in combating other molds, in increasing food production, and in finding out the nature of life.

Complete Record: Shows that molds and other fungi are both destructive and beneficial and uses time-lapse cinephotomicrography to present the life cycle of a mold. Uses drawings to describe the Irish potato blight famine of 1845. Uses time-lapse photography to show mushrooms sprouting and the hypha of mold growing in bread. Describes examples of sexual and asexual reproduction in the powdery mildew and potato blight. Tells of the enzymes secreted by molds and the use of these chemicals in the making of antibiotics and medicines. Presents the use of molds in genetic studies in combating other molds, in increasing food production, and in finding out the nature of life., Shows that molds and other fungi are both destructive and beneficial and uses time-lapse cinephotomicrography to present the life cycle of a mold. Uses drawings to describe the Irish potato blight famine of 1845. Uses time-lapse photography to show mushrooms sprouting and the hypha of mold growing in bread. Describes examples of sexual and asexual reproduction in the powdery mildew and potato blight. Discusses the enzymes secreted by molds and the research on these chemicals as molds are used in genetic studies, in combating other molds, in increasing food production, and in finding out the nature of life.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.