Cassie has athlete’s foot. How could you distinguish this fungal infection from a protist

pathogen?



a. Both are eukaryotes.
b. Fungi have cell walls.
c. Protists are heterotrophs, while fungi are photosynthetic.
d. Protists have a nucleoid region, while fungi have a nucleus with DNA.


B

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