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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Biological activities and chemical compositions of slime tracks and crude exopolysaccharides isolated from plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum and Physarella oblonga [PDF]
BMC Biotechnology, 2017 Background The myxomycetes derive their common name (slime molds) from the multinucleate trophic stage (plasmodium) in the life cycle, which typically produces a noticeable amount of slimy materials, some of which is normally left behind as a “slime ...
Tuyen T.M Huynh +3 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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A first glimpse at the transcriptome of
BMC Genomics, 2008 Background Physarum polycephalum, an acellular plasmodial species belongs to the amoebozoa, a major branch in eukaryote evolution. Its complex life cycle and rich cell biology is reflected in more than 2500 publications on various aspects of its ...
Meyer Sonja +4 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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Thoughts from the forest floor: a review of cognition in the slime mould Physarum polycephalum. [PDF]
Anim Cogn, 2023 Sensing, communication, navigation, decision-making, memory and learning are key components in a standard cognitive tool-kit that enhance an animal’s ability to successfully survive and reproduce.
Reid CR.
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Physarum polycephalum: Smart Network Adaptation [PDF]
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2023 Life evolved organisms to adapt dynamically to their environment and autonomously exhibit behaviors. Although complex behaviors in organisms are typically associated with the capability of neurons to process information, the unicellular organism Physarum
Mathieu Le Verge-Serandour, K. Alim
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Identification and characterization of histones in Physarum polycephalum evidence a phylogenetic vicinity of Mycetozoans to the animal kingdom. [PDF]
NAR Genom Bioinform, 2021 Physarum polycephalum belongs to Mycetozoans, a phylogenetic clade apart from the animal, plant and fungus kingdoms. Histones are nuclear proteins involved in genome organization and regulation and are among the most evolutionary conserved proteins ...
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Genetic Diversity in the mtDNA of Physarum polycephalum. [PDF]
Genes (Basel), 2023 The mtDNA of the myxomycete Physarum polycephalum can contain as many as 81 genes. These genes can be grouped in three different categories. The first category includes 46 genes that are classically found on the mtDNA of many organisms. However, 43 of these genes are cryptogenes that require a unique type of RNA editing (MICOTREM). A second category of
Hammar F, Miller DL.
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