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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Swarm Robot Exploration Strategy for Path Formation Tasks Inspired by Physarum polycephalum
Complexity, 2021 Physarum polycephalum, a unicellular and multiheaded slime mould, can form highly efficient networks connecting separated food sources during the process of foraging.
Yandong Luo +4 more
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Tracking Mechanical Stress and Cell Migration with Inexpensive Polymer Thin‐Film Sensors
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2023 Polydiacetylene (PDA) Langmuir films are well known for their blue‐to‐red chromatic transitions in response to a variety of stimuli, including UV light, heat, bio‐molecule bindings, and mechanical stress.
Tanner J. Finney +4 more
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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 polycephalum disabuses us by solving complex tasks despite being just a single although gigantic ...
Le Verge-Serandour, Mathieu, Alim, Karen
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The Physarum polycephalum Genome Reveals Extensive Use of Prokaryotic Two-Component and Metazoan-Type Tyrosine Kinase Signaling. [PDF]
Genome Biol Evol, 2015 Physarum polycephalum is a well-studied microbial eukaryote with unique experimental attributes relative to other experimental model organisms. It has a sophisticated life cycle with several distinct stages including amoebal, flagellated, and plasmodial ...
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Information Transfer During Food Choice in the Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Throughout evolution, living systems have developed mechanisms to make adaptive decisions in the face of complex and changing environmental conditions. Most organisms make such decisions despite lacking a neural architecture.
Subash K. Ray +11 more
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Diet and mitonuclear haplotype interactions affect growth rate in a slime mould
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Trait expression in metazoans is strongly influenced by the balance of macronutrients (i.e. protein, carbohydrate and fat) in the diet. At the same time, an individual's genetic background seems to regulate the magnitude of phenotypic response to a ...
Venkatesh Nagarajan‐Radha +2 more
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Bioinspired algorithm based on Physarum polycephalum for the formation of decentralized mesh networks in multi-robot systems [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis work proposes a bio-inspired approach for decentralized coordination in multi-robot systems, applied to a simulated port scenario. The methodology integrates the Robot Operating System (ROS) with the Stage simulator, enabling modeling of a port ...
Dieisson Martinelli +2 more
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Learning in the Single-Cell Organism Physarum polycephalum: Effect of Propofol. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2023 Propofol belongs to a class of molecules that are known to block learning and memory in mammals, including rodents and humans. Interestingly, learning and memory are not tied to the presence of a nervous system.
Kippenberger S +7 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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