Comparison of fungi and bacteria Feature Fung Bacteria diameter 4 um pm nucleus eukaryotic prokaryotic cytoplasm with mitochondria and without mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum endoplasmic reticulum Cell membrane sterol present sterol absent Cell wall chitin peptidoglycan spores sexual and asexual spore for survival, not for spore for proliferation proliferation dimorphism yes No metabolism Require organic carbon May do not require organic and no anaerobes carbon and maybe anaerobesComparison of fungi and bacteria Feature Fungi Bacteria diameter 4 µ m 1 µ m nucleus eukaryotic prokaryotic cytoplasm with mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum without mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum Cell membrane sterol present sterol absent Cell wall chitin peptidoglycan spores sexual and asexual spore for proliferation spore for survival, not for proliferation dimorphism yes No metabolism Require organic carbon and no anaerobes May do not require organic carbon and maybe anaerobes