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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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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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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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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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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Hydrophobic Barriers for Directing Physarum polycephalum Propulsion and Navigation [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2023 Taeha Lee +8 more
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Measurement of protoplasmic streaming over the entire body of Physarum plasmodium, and estimation of the transport and mixing of protoplasma through the intricate vein network [PDF]
Biophysics and PhysicobiologyTransport networks spanning the entire body of an organism are key infrastructures for achieving a functional system and facilitating the distribution of nutrients and signals.
Yo Sato +5 more
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Novel image-analytic approach reveals new insights in fine-tuning of slime mould network adaptation [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThis study introduces a novel methodology to explore the network dynamics of Physarum polycephalum, an organism celebrated for its remarkable adaptive capabilities.
Philipp Rosina, Martin Grube
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Using an Artificial Physarum polycephalum Colony for Threshold Image Segmentation
Applied Sciences, 2023 Traditional artificial intelligence algorithms are prone to falling into local optima when solving threshold segmentation problems. Here, a novel artificial Physarum polycephalum colony algorithm is proposed to help us solve the difficult problem. First,
Zhengying Cai +3 more
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On the role of the plasmodial cytoskeleton in facilitating intelligent behavior in slime mold Physarum polycephalum [PDF]
Communicative and Integrative Biology, 2015 Richard Mayne +2 more
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