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 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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Pruning to Increase Taylor Dispersion in Physarum polycephalum Networks. [PDF]
Physical Review Letters, 2016 How do the topology and geometry of a tubular network affect the spread of particles within fluid flows? We investigate patterns of effective dispersion in the hierarchical, biological transport network formed by Physarum polycephalum.
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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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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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Cytotoxicity activities and chemical characteristics of exopolysaccharides and intracellular polysaccharides of Physarum polycephalum microplasmodia [PDF]
BMC Biotechnology, 2021 Background Microbial polysaccharides have been reported to possess remarkable bioactivities. Physarum polycephalum is a species of slime mold for which the microplasmodia are capable of rapid growth and can produce a significant amount of cell wall-less ...
Tuyen T. H. Do +3 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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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.
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