Emission and biosynthesis of volatile terpenoids from the plasmodial slime mold Physarum polycephalum [PDF]
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019 Terpene synthases (TPSs) are pivotal enzymes for the production of diverse terpenes, including monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and diterpenes. In our recent studies, dictyostelid social amoebae, also known as cellular slime molds, were found to contain TPS
Xinlu Chen +4 more
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The role of noise in self-organized decision making by the true slime mold Physarum polycephalum. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Self-organized mechanisms are frequently encountered in nature and known to achieve flexible, adaptive control and decision-making. Noise plays a crucial role in such systems: It can enable a self-organized system to reliably adapt to short-term changes ...
Bernd Meyer +2 more
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Mechanism of signal propagation in Physarum polycephalum. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017 Significance How do apparently simple organisms coordinate sophisticated behaviors? The slime mold Physarum polycephalum solves complex problems, for example finding the shortest route between food sources, despite growing as a single cell and the lack of any neural circuitry. By carefully observing
Alim K, Andrew N, Pringle A, Brenner MP.
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A bio-inspired memory device based on interfacing Physarum polycephalum with an organic semiconductor [PDF]
APL Materials, 2015 The development of devices able to detect and record ion fluxes is a crucial point in order to understand the mechanisms that regulate communication and life of organisms. Here, we take advantage of the combined electronic and ionic conduction properties
Agostino Romeo +5 more
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An active poroelastic model for mechanochemical patterns in protoplasmic droplets of Physarum polycephalum. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Motivated by recent experimental studies, we derive and analyze a two-dimensional model for the contraction patterns observed in protoplasmic droplets of Physarum polycephalum.
Markus Radszuweit +2 more
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Plant hairy root cultures as plasmodium modulators of the slime mold emergent computing substrate Physarum polycephalum [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 Roots of the medicinal plant Valeriana officinalis are well studied for their various biological activities. We applied genetically transformed V. officinalis root cultures to exert control of Physarum polycephalum, an amoeba-based emergent computing ...
Vincent eRicigliano +4 more
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Basic Transitions of Physarum Polycephalum [PDF]
Annals of computer science and information systems, 2015 The main charter of this work is the organism Physarum polycephalum, in particular plasmodium, Physarum's vegetative phase. During this latter form, the organism is more active and moves searching for food. Plasmodium behaves like a giant amoeba, and more interestingly, its way of foraging can be interpreted as a computation.
Alice Dimonte +2 more
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An Improved Physarum polycephalum Algorithm for the Shortest Path Problem [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 Shortest path is among classical problems of computer science. The problems are solved by hundreds of algorithms, silicon computing architectures and novel substrate, unconventional, computing devices. Acellular slime mould P.
Xiaoge Zhang +5 more
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Kanizsa illusory contours appearing in the plasmodium pattern of <i>Physarumpolycephalum</i> [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2014 The plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is often used in the implementation of non-linear computation to solve optimization problems, and this organismal feature was not used in this analysis to compute perception and/or sensation in humans.
Iori eTani +4 more
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Salt affects structure, function and transcriptome in the giant cells of slime molds [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSalt is essential for life, though excessive intake disrupts the balance of body fluids in multicellular organisms like humans. We wondered what happens when body fluids circulate in a single cell.
Beatriz Sánchez-Parra +3 more
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