True about Rhinosporidium Seebri -
Ans. is 'b' i.e., Bacteria . Rhinosporidium Seeberi is not a fungus. "Molecular studies have shown that the organism is not a fungus, but a primitive aquatic bacterium". - Greenwood "By using molecular tools, recently it has been found that R. seeberi is not a fungus but an unusual protist that shares phylogenetic features with microbes that cause infection in fish" . Rhinosporidium seeberi causes Rhinosporidiosis, a chronic, granulomatous disease of the mucocutaneous tissues, with the appearance of large polyps or wa-like lesions in the nose or conjuctiva. . It is common in coastal India and Sri lanka . R. Seeberi has not been cultured.
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