Slime molds as a valuable source of antimicrobial agents [PDF]
AMB Express, 2021 Given the emerging multidrug-resistant pathogens, the number of effective antimicrobial agents to deal with the threat of bacterial and fungal resistance has fallen dramatically.
Vida Tafakori
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Two New Terpenes Isolated from Dictyostelium Cellular Slime Molds [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 We report a protoilludane-type sesquiterpene, mucoroidiol, and a geranylated bicyclogermacranol, firmibasiol, isolated from Dictyostelium cellular slime molds.
Hitomi Sasaki +7 more
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Dictyostelid Cellular Slime Molds from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean [PDF]
mSphere, 2019 Christmas Island (10°30′S, 105°40′E) is an Australian external territory located in the Indian Ocean, approximately 350 km south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km northwest of the closest point on the Australian mainland.
Pu Liu +6 more
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Substrate composition directs slime molds behavior. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 AbstractCells, including unicellulars, are highly sensitive to external constraints from their environment. Amoeboid cells change their cell shape during locomotion and in response to external stimuli. Physarum polycephalum is a large multinucleated amoeboid cell that extends and develops pseudopods.
Patino-Ramirez F +3 more
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Two new species of dictyostelid cellular slime molds in high-elevation habitats on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Dictyostelid cellular slime molds (dictyostelids) are key components of soil microbes. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is characterized by unique and important forest types because of the considerable range in elevation which exists. During the period of 2012,
Liu P +5 more
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Isolation and Structure Determination of New Pyrones from Dictyostelium spp. Cellular Slime Molds Coincubated with Pseudomonas spp. [PDF]
MoleculesCellular slime molds are excellent model organisms in the field of cell and developmental biology because of their simple developmental patterns. During our studies on the identification of bioactive molecules from secondary metabolites of cellular slime
Takehiro Nishimura +8 more
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Regulation of aggregate size and pattern by adenosine and caffeine in cellular slime molds. [PDF]
BMC Dev Biol, 2012 BackgroundMulticellularity in cellular slime molds is achieved by aggregation of several hundreds to thousands of cells. In the model slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, adenosine is known to increase the aggregate size and its antagonist caffeine ...
Jaiswal P +3 more
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Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Dictyostelids (Cellular Slime Molds) Colonizing the Ascocarp of Morchella [PDF]
Journal of FungiMorchella spp. (true morels) are precious edible mushrooms consumed around the world, with a delicious taste, rich nutritional value, and unique healthcare effects.
Wen-Shu Hu +5 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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A world review of fungi, yeasts, and slime molds in caves
International Journal of Speleology, 2013 We provide a review of fungi, yeasts, and slime molds that have been found in natural solution caves and mines worldwide. Such habitats provide frequent roost sites for bats, and in eastern North America the environmental conditions that support white ...
McAlpine Donald F. +3 more
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