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Slime Moulds have gotten a lot of attention as a way to optimise transport maps, but what are they???<br>
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[[File:Slime_mould_on_nutrient_agar_plate.JPG|Fuligo septica grown on nutrient agar plate|400px|right]]
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Slime Moulds have gotten a lot of attention of their ability to find optimised [https://youtu.be/GwKuFREOgmo transport maps], but what are they???<br>
  
First they are NOT fungi - <br>
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See also more on [[Slimemold]] or [[Jenseits der Schleimpilzkunst - Au-delà de l'art myxomycète]]
They are protists <br>
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==What is a Slime Mould?==
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First they are NOT fungi - although for a long time, they were thought to be fungi because their life cycle resemble each other. <br><br>
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They are '''protists'''. <br>
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===What is a protist?===
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A single cell eukaryote!<br>
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The problem of classification of protists is described in this [https://youtu.be/Ln69k7LyTsU?t=1m51s video], which has movies of the diverse protista in motion under the microscope.<br>
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There are [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/slimemolds.html 3 groups] of organisms commonly called slime moulds, but they do not share a common ancestor ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clade a clade]).
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# Plasmodial slime molds = giant cells, single cells with thousands of nuclei fused flagellated cells
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# Cellular slime molds = mostly found as separate single-celled amoeboid protists, but can swarm with chemical signals
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# Labyrinthulomycota, called slime moulds, but are not related to 1 and 2
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==Resources==
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* [http://dictybase.org/ dictybase] where you can find genomes, protocols and other resources
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* [http://www.buildingthepride.com/faculty/pgdavison/PHYSARUM%20culture%20for%20web.html A Simple Method of Growing the Plasmodial Slime Mold] written for Physarum polycephalum

Latest revision as of 14:12, 17 June 2018

Fuligo septica grown on nutrient agar plate

Slime Moulds have gotten a lot of attention of their ability to find optimised transport maps, but what are they???

See also more on Slimemold or Jenseits der Schleimpilzkunst - Au-delà de l'art myxomycète

What is a Slime Mould?

First they are NOT fungi - although for a long time, they were thought to be fungi because their life cycle resemble each other.

They are protists.

What is a protist?

A single cell eukaryote!
The problem of classification of protists is described in this video, which has movies of the diverse protista in motion under the microscope.
There are 3 groups of organisms commonly called slime moulds, but they do not share a common ancestor (a clade).

  1. Plasmodial slime molds = giant cells, single cells with thousands of nuclei fused flagellated cells
  2. Cellular slime molds = mostly found as separate single-celled amoeboid protists, but can swarm with chemical signals
  3. Labyrinthulomycota, called slime moulds, but are not related to 1 and 2


Resources