Species-specific cell mobility of bacteria-feeding myxamoebae in plasmodial slime molds. [PDF]
Plant Signal Behav, 2015 On decaying wood or litter in forests, plasmodial slime molds (myxomycetes) represent a large fraction of eukaryotic protists that feed on bacteria. In his seminal book Experimental Physiology of Plants (1865), Julius Sachs referred to the multinucleate plasmodium of myxomycetes, which were considered at that time as primitive plants (or fungi).
Hoppe T, Kutschera U.
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Phenotypic plasticity in plasmodial slime molds and molecular phylogeny of terrestrial vs. aquatic species. [PDF]
Theory Biosci, 2022 AbstractFifty years ago, the enigmatic Brazilian myxomycete-species Didymium aquatile was described and analyzed with respect to the structure of the plasmodium and its spores. In this study, we compare this rare plasmodial slime mold with another, temporarily aquatic taxon from Europe, Didymium nigripes. Phenotypic plasticity of D.
Hoppe T, Kutschera U.
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Diversity of plasmodial slime molds (myxomycetes) in coastal, mountain, and community forests of Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, the Philippines [PDF]
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2015 No profiling of diversity of myxomycetes has ever been conducted in one of the biodiversity hotspot areas in the Philippine archipelago, and this necessitates a swift survey of myxomycetes in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro. An assessment of diversity of
Nikki Heherson A. Dagamac +6 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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Biotropia: The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Biology, 2011 Myxomycetes are ubiquitous in terrestrial forest ecosystems. Thus, this research study looks at the taxonomic diversity and distribution of plasmodial myxomycetes in La Mesa Ecopark in Quezon City, Philippines.
SITTIE AISHA B. MACABAGO +2 more
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Slime molds (Myxomycetes) causing a “disease” in crop plants and cultivated mushrooms [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceMyxomycetes (plasmodial slime molds) are eukaryotic protist predators that are associated with wood, leaf litter, and soil in forests, where they feed on bacteria, protozoans, and (to a more limited extent) fungi.
Zhaojuan Zhang +4 more
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Quick n’ Cheap – a simplified workflow to barcode plasmodial slime molds(Myxomycetes) [PDF]
Karstenia, 2020 We present a workflow for efficient barcoding of myxomycete fructifications, which (i) requires less than 1000 spores, (ii) allows to collect spores with only a needle, (iii) works without any commercial kits, and (iv) is optimized for the use of 96-well PCR plates throughout the process.
Martin Schnittler +5 more
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EVOLUTION OF HIERARCHICAL CYTOPLASMIC INHERITANCE IN THE PLASMODIAL SLIME MOLD PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM [PDF]
Evolution, 2004 A striking linear dominance relationship for uniparental mitochondrial transmission is known between many mating types of plasmodial slime mold Physarum polycephalum. We herein examine how such hierarchical cytoplasmic inheritance evolves in isogamous organisms with many self-incompatible mating types.
Akiko Iwanaga, Akira Sasaki
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Past and Ongoing Field-Based Studies of Myxomycetes [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Evidence from molecular studies indicates that myxomycetes (also called myxogastrids or plasmodial slime molds) have a long evolutionary history, and the oldest known fossil is from the mid-Cretaceous. However, they were not “discovered” until 1654, when
Steven L. Stephenson
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On the role of the plasmodial cytoskeleton in facilitating intelligent behavior in slime mold Physarum polycephalum [PDF]
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2015 25 pages, 10 ...
Richard Mayne +2 more
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