Plasmodial slime moulds (myxomycetes) in Swedish and Nordic folk biology [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineBackground Folk biology commonly contains knowledge of many more taxa than those of immediate economic importance. Species with little or no practical use are, however, often overlooked by ethnobiological research.
Ingvar Svanberg, Sabira Ståhlberg
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Two-gene phylogeny of bright-spored Myxomycetes (slime moulds, superorder Lucisporidia). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Myxomycetes, or plasmodial slime-moulds, are one of the largest groups in phylum Amoebozoa. Nonetheless, only ∼10% are in the database for the small subunit (SSU) ribosomal RNA gene, the most widely used gene for phylogenetics and barcoding.
Anna Maria Fiore-Donno +4 more
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Effective mixing due to oscillatory laminar flow in tubular networks of plasmodial slime moulds
New Journal of Physics, 2020 The plasmodium of the unicellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum forms an extended vascular network in which protoplasm is transported through the giant cell due to peristaltic pumping. The flow in the veins is always parabolic and it performs shuttle
Marcus J B Hauser
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The Occurrence of Myxomycete Communities in Taxodium distichum Forests: Influence of Substrates and Seasons [PDF]
MicroorganismsMyxomycete communities in Taxodium distichum forests and the influence of substrates and seasons on myxomycete diversity were studied. In total, 80 substrates (40 living barks and 40 litters) were collected from the sample site in winter, spring, summer ...
Yajing Chen +5 more
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Diet and mitonuclear haplotype interactions affect growth rate in a slime mould. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 Three‐way interactions between mitochondrial, nuclear haplotypes and dietary P:C ratios affected the slime mould's surface area of growth but not biomass. Our findings have broad implications for our understanding of the effect of mitonuclear interactions on trait expression across diverse eukaryotic lineages.
Nagarajan-Radha V, Cordina N, Beekman M.
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Diversity of Myxomycetes in arid zones of Peru part II: the cactus belt and transition zones
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2019 The results obtained from a second survey for Myxomycetes in the arid areas of Peru are reported. A total of 37 localities from the cactus belt (‘cardonal’), between 1500 and 3000 m a.s.l., were sampled over six years.
Carlos Lado +4 more
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Natural strategies for ultraviolet resilience: lessons from slime moulds [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceUltraviolet (UV) radiation exerts strong selective pressures on microbial life, yet many microorganisms display extraordinary resistance, revealing strategies that may be broadly useful for understanding survival under extreme stress.
Marie Saint-Lager +8 more
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Myxomycete diversity in the coastal desert of Peru with emphasis on the lomas formations
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2016 Results obtained from the first survey for myxomycetes in the hyperarid areas of Peru are reported. Sampling over three consecutive years was carried out at 96 localities between 0 and 1500 m elevation.
Carlos Lado +3 more
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Myxomycete diversity of the Patagonian Steppe and bordering areas in Argentina
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2014 Biodiversity surveys for myxomycetes (Amoebozoa) were carried out in three consecutive years (2009 to 2011) in the cold arid Patagonian Steppe, Argentina.
Carlos Lado +3 more
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Functional ecological role of slime moulds (Eumycetozoa) in forest biodiversity and conservation
Global Ecology and ConservationForest ecosystems derive much of their stability from the efficiency of detrital pathways, yet the functional roles of slime moulds (Eumycetozoa) in forest detrital food webs remain poorly synthesised and are rarely incorporated into forest management or
Tomasz Pawłowicz
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