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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Inspiring scientific wonder, curiosity and critical thinking in young minds: an interview with Audrey Dussutour [PDF]
Communications BiologyAudrey Dussutour is a Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research (Toulouse, France), specializing in the adaptive behaviors of ants and slime molds. She has authored over 70 scientific papers and four award-winning science books. Dr.
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Novel antibodies detect nucleocytoplasmic O-fucose in protist pathogens, cellular slime molds, and plants [PDF]
mSphereCellular adaptations to change often involve post-translational modifications of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. An example found in protists and plants is the modification of serine and threonine residues of dozens to hundreds of nucleocytoplasmic ...
Megna Tiwari +11 more
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Eumycetozoa = Amoebozoa?: SSUrDNA phylogeny of protosteloid slime molds and its significance for the amoebozoan supergroup. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 Amoebae that make fruiting bodies consisting of a stalk and spores and classified as closely related to the myxogastrids have classically been placed in the taxon Eumycetozoa.
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