Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780321897398
Author: Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, David A. Stahl, Thomas Brock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Slime molds belong to group amoebozoa which comes under kingdom Protista. Slime molds are motile and can be categorized into plasmodial slime molds (acellular slime molds) and cellular slime molds. Plasmodial slime molds represent cells which contain masses of indefinite size protoplasm called plasmodium, whereas cellular slime molds represent forms which are of single amoebae type. Dictyostelium and Physarum are two major members of slime molds.
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