Physarum polycephalum
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physarum-polycephalum-164-10487915
title:
Physarum polycephalum
text:
Physarum polycephalum, an acellular slime mold or myxomycete popularly known as "the blob", is a protist with diverse cellular forms and broad geographic distribution. The “acellular” moniker derives from the plasmodial stage of the life cycle: the plasmodium is a bright yellow macroscopic multinucleate coenocyte shaped in a network of interlaced tubes. This stage of the life cycle, along with its preference for damp shady habitats, likely contributed to the original mischaracterization of the o
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Species of slime mold, model organism
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physarum_polycephalum
date created:
2006-10-22T18:19:47Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T23:14:31Z
main entity:
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image:
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13
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