Simple Plants: Algae and Fungi

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1957

Creator: Coronet Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Presents the characteristics, habits, and economic importance of algae and fungi. Discusses distinguishing characteristics of these simple plants and gives examples of representative algae and fungi. Shows their simple methods of reproduction and depicts examples of blue green, green, brown, and red algae. Illustrates three types of fingi-spheres, rods, and spirals. Pictures through cinephotomicrography stages of bacterial fission and shows many of the uses of algae and fungi for foods, antibiotics, chemicals, and nitrogen fixing. States briefly some of the harmful effects of algae and fungi.

Complete Record: Presents the characteristics, habits, and economic importance of algae and fungi. Discusses distinguishing characteristics of these simple plants and gives examples of representative algae and fungi. Shows their simple methods of reproduction and depicts examples of blue green, green, brown, and red algae. Illustrates three types of fingi-spheres, rods, and spirals. Pictures through cinephotomicrography stages of bacterial fission and shows many of the uses of algae and fungi for foods, antibiotics, chemicals, and nitrogen fixing. States briefly some of the harmful effects of algae and fungi., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)