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	Slime mould mould on move
		Slime moulds exist in two main forms, depending on the stage they're at in their life cycle.
		Slime moulds are made up of a mass of protoplasm embedded with multiple nuclei, but no individual cell walls.
		Food was placed at both exits, and after eight hours, the slime mould had shrunk back so that its 'body' filled only the parts of the maze that were the shortest route from one piece of food to the other.
	www.fuchsiashockz.co.uk /articles/nature/slime_mould_mould_on_move.php (0 words)

	myxappend
		Most of their lives, slime moulds are hidden inside well-rotted logs or stumps, or buried in leaf mould.
		Slime moulds are fungus-like, however, in producing tiny fruitbodies containing spores which are dispersed by wind.
		Slime Moulds are not fungi but they have been adopted by mycologists and most studies on the taxonomy and biology of slime moulds, and the books and articles written on these topics, have been carried out by mycologists.
	www.uoguelph.ca /~gbarron/Myxos/myxappen.htm (750 words)

	slime mold
		Slime molds have complex life cycles that may be divided into an animallike motile phase, in which growth and feeding occur, and a plantlike, immotile, reproductive phase.
		Not only do slime molds produce few resistant structures (except for spores, which are often overlooked or unidentifiable), but they live in moist terrestrial habitats, such as on decaying wood or fresh dung, where their potential for preservation is low.
		Pieces of the slime mould were enticed through a 30-square-centimetre (five-square-inch) maze by the prospect of food at the end of the puzzle.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/slime_mold.html (1252 words)

	Slime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Slime is a viscous and/or mucous-like substance and is frowned upon in most communities.
		Pouring slime (also known as gunge) on someone is a popular activity on various television shows.
		Slime was popularized by Nickelodeon by the use of slime in its logo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slime (664 words)

	Slime mould - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Slime moulds (or Slime molds in American English) are peculiar protists that normally take the form of amoebae, but under certain conditions develop fruiting bodies that release spores, superficially similar to the sporangia of fungi.
		Most notable are the plasmodial slime moulds or myxogastrids (also known as acellular or true slime moulds), where the feeding stage takes the form of a giant amoeba with thousands of nuclei, called a plasmodium.
		More recently slimes were included in the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual and so are now a staple in many fantasy role-playing games and computer games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slime_mould (769 words)

	Slime mould Summary
		Slime moulds (or Slime molds in American English) are peculiar protists that normally take the form of amoebae, but under certain conditions develop fruiting bodies that release spores, superficially similar to the sporangia of fungi.
		Most notable are the plasmodial slime moulds or myxogastrids (also known as acellular or true slime moulds), where the feeding stage takes the form of a giant amoeba with thousands of nuclei, called a plasmodium.
		Slime moulds were originally considered fungi by mycologists and amoebae by zoologists, respectively classified as Myxomycetes (slime fungi) or Mycetozoa (fungus animals).
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	Slime Moulds Life Cycle
		Thus, slime mould has evolved mechanisms that direct the differentiation of a homogeneous population of cells into distinct cell types, regulate the proportions between tissues and orchestrate the construction of an effective structure of the dispersal of spores.
		The basic units of slime moulds are haploid amoebae, usually prowling around on the forest floor consuming bacteria.
		It is found that some strain of slime moulds manage to stay behind in the posterior area of the slug and thus become spores all the time; only their genes get copied into the next generation.
	universe-review.ca /R10-18-slimemoulds.htm (605 words)

	slime mould
		Slime moulds are not closely related to any other group, although they are often classed, for convenience, with the fungi.
		There are two kinds, cellular slime moulds and plasmodial slime moulds, differing in their complex life cycles.
		Cellular slime moulds go through a phase of living as single cells, looking like amoebae, and feed by engulfing the bacteria found in rotting wood, dung, or damp soil.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007885.html (313 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Slime mould
		Slime mould (or slime mold) is a broad term often referring to roughly 6 groups of Eukaryotes.
		Slime moulds were originally considered fungi by mycologists and amoebae by zoologists, respectively classified as Myxomycota (slime fungi) or Mycetozoa (fungus animals).
		The Dictyosteliida, cellular slime moulds, are related to the plasmodial slime moulds but have a very different life style.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Slime_mold (0 words)

	Slime mould - 6/18/2005 - New Scientist
		It may be dog sick, but equally it could be a slime mould, a strange cross between an animal and a fungus that feeds on dead grass or leaves and thrives in the ground's moist warmth.
		The moulds are hard to classify because their life cycle is similar to a fungus's (they reproduce via spores), but they share more genes with animals than they do with, say, yeasts.
		The pieces of mould came together to form a single organism, but instead of filling the maze as the researchers had expected, the organism withdrew from dead ends and formed a single tube spanning the shortest distance between the two openings.
	www.libraryjournal.com /article/CA608908.html (469 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| When slime is not so thick
		Pieces of slime mould, an amoeba-like organism, were enticed through a 30-square-centimetre (five-square-inch) maze by the prospect of food at the end of the puzzle.
		Slime mould is one of a group of single- to multi-celled organisms traditionally classified as fungi but having characteristics of both plants and animals.
		Some types of slime mould are the bane of gardeners, forming a jelly-like surface on grass.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/944790.stm (332 words)

	! Slime Moulds ! Tropical Rainforest, Far North Queensland Australia
		Slime moulds belong to the subdivision Plasmodiogymnomycotina II, and the class Myxomycetes.
		In structure and physiology they have an animal-like plasmodium (an acellular, creeping somatic phase of the slime mould), but their reproductive structures are fungus-like, producing spores covered by definite cell walls in stationary sporophores.
		Slime moulds usually live in cool, shady, moist places in the woods, on decaying logs, dead leaves, or other organic matter that holds abundant moisture.
	rainforest-australia.com /Slime_Moulds.htm (356 words)

	Slime mould
		Slime mould is a very simple character model, only 164 surface patches - constructed, animated, and rendered using Hash Inc. Animation:Master way back in 1997.
		Slime mould makes several squirm movements into center shot, glancing about with twitching antenna.
		Bones within Slime Mould were adjusted about every 5 or 10 frames to create the squirm motion, eye and antenna movement.
	www.garycmartin.com /slime.html (0 words)

	Testing new manic depression drugs in slime mould (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This protein is present in both slime mould and the mammalian nervous system - and according to a number of teams the protein functions abnormally in manic depressed patients.
		Initial tests on slime mould were later confirmed in the animal nervous system and are now ready to be extended to comprehensive trials.
		Dr Williams said: ??Testing new drugs on slime mould is possible because cells function in a very similar way, be they from a human or from a slime mould.
	www.news-medical.net /?id=9477 (890 words)

	The word: Slime mould - opinion - 18 June 2005 - New Scientist
		It may be dog sick, but equally it could be a slime mould, a strange cross between an animal and a fungus that feeds on dead grass or leaves and thrives in the ground's moist warmth.
		Slime moulds are known as "social amoebas" but they don't behave like any other single-celled creature.
		The moulds are hard to classify because their life cycle is similar to a fungus's (they reproduce via spores), but they share more genes with animals than they do with, say, yeasts.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=mg18625042.100 (0 words)

	Slime mould used to create first robot run by living cells \| Science \| Guardian Unlimited
		The cells in question are a specially grown type of "slime mould" that naturally shies away from light.
		Dr Zauner grew a star-shaped sample of the slime mould and attached it to a six-legged robot (with each point of the star attached to a leg) to control its movements.
		Pointing beams of light at different parts of the slime mould means that different legs move.
	www.guardian.co.uk /science/story/0,,1709944,00.html (582 words)

	Slime Molds (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Slime molds reproduce by sending out spores, yet their bodies are continually pulsating, allowing them to actually travel through the forest in search of food.
		Slime molds are moist, shapeless creatures that feed on decaying matter on the barks of trees and along the forest floor.
		Slime molds are continually circulating their cellular material, creating the pulsations which control their movement.
	www.pulseplanet.com /feat_archive/Jan99/index.html (380 words)

	Testing new manic depression drugs in slime mould: an alternative to the current serendipitous approach
		This protein is present in both slime mould and the mammalian nervous system - and according to a number of teams the protein functions abnormally in manic depressed patients.
		Initial tests on slime mould were later confirmed in the animal nervous system and are now ready to be extended to comprehensive trials.
		Dr Williams said: “Testing new drugs on slime mould is possible because cells function in a very similar way, be they from a human or from a slime mould.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /media/library/slime (0 words)

	Cellular Communications
		Slime moulds organize some astonishing get togethers with a communication system derived from their bacteria ancestors.
		Discoveries about slime moulds communications have provided important clues on the mystery of how more complex creatures coordinate their development from an egg to a multicellular organism.
		This messenger molecule alerts all the related slime mould amoebae in the vicinity that their luck is about to change.
	www.this-magic-sea.com /COMCELL.HTM (636 words)

	Hunting Slime Molds (Site not responding. Last check: )
		And despite their present puffball-like appearance, the navy-blue balls are not fungi, nor do their stalks attest to the sedentary life of a plant.
		These are slime molds, or myxomycetes (myxos), of the kingdom Protoctista, the least understood of the five kingdoms of life, the others being animals, plants, fungi and bacteria (Smithsonian, July 1991).
		In their plasmodium stage, they show a quality that could be called intelligence: chopped up and dropped into a labyrinth, they will put themselves back together and start to move, avoiding dead ends and heading unerringly for the prize—more food.
	www.smithsonianmag.com /issues/2001/march/phenom_mar01.php (747 words)

	Royal Horticultural Society - Gardening Advice: Slime Moulds in Turf
		The slime moulds which appear on lawns are not pathogens.
		The structures that appear suddenly on lawns are aggregations of individual slime mould cells called sporangia.
		The organism causing club root of brassicas is a different type of slime mould, which produces no structures visible to the naked eye.
	www.rhs.org.uk /advice/profiles1003/slime_moulds.asp (189 words)

	Slime mold - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		Slime mold, otherwise known as slime mould to those who speak English bad, is the most beautiful plant known to man. It was first invented in 1775 by Sir Author Douglas as an answer to ugly roses.
		Slime molds are a great way to liven up any garden, indoors or outdoors.
		Scientists agree that this stage begins when the slime mold starts to realise that it won't be young forever and that it's biological clock is ticking.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Slime_mold (379 words)

	Slime moulds (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Until recently, the slime moulds were regarded as organisms of uncertain taxonomic status, claimed as fungi by mycologists and as protozoa by protozoologists.
		They include the cellular slime moulds which are unicellular amoeboid organisms such as Dictyostelium; the endoparasitic slime moulds such as the damaging plant pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae (clubroot disease of cruciferous crops), and the plasmodial slime moulds such as Physarum species.
		For this reason, the slime moulds were once considered to be fungi.
	helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/microbes/slime.htm (700 words)

	Slime Molds - Myxomycota, Dictyosteliomycota
		Slime molds are often found on old, well-rotted logs because there they can find the moisture and bacteria required for survival.
		However, evidence suggests that the position of the cells in the slug and thus in the fruiting body is determined by the timing of their coming into the aggregation stream, rather than by genetics.
		It is a good article about moulds, but if u can add some pictures and difference between acellular and cellular slime moulds in a table format it will be more convinent for us to study.
	www.biologyreference.com /Se-T/Slime-Molds.html (670 words)

	Slime Moulds - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Slime Moulds, multicellular organisms that form tiny, spore-producing fruiting bodies of various shapes, and which are currently classified within...
		The Myxomycota, or true slime moulds, have a nutritional phase of an unwalled mass of amoeba-like protoplasm, called a plasmodium.
		- organism that secretes slime: a simple organism that forms a small slimy amoeboid mass, e.g.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Slime_Moulds.html (125 words)

	Slime at AllExperts
		Pouring slime (also known as gunge) on someone is a popular activity on various television shows.
		The use of slime in this context was pioneered by the Canadian television series You Can't Do That On Television, where Green Slime would pour onto a character's head if they ever uttered the phrase "I don't know".
		Your slime can be enhanced by adding a small quantity of food colouring to the mixture.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sl/slime.htm (538 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Slime offers cancer clue
		Slime moulds are single cell organisms which live among leaf litter.
		The discovery that we can use the slime mould as a model for some of the processes involved in human cancer is an important step forward
		They found that the APC protein molecule appeared to change the way the slime mould cells moved around - as if they had lost the ability to respond to "marching orders".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/health/2278331.stm (398 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for slime
		In a recent system of classification based on analysis of nucleic acid (genetic material) sequences, slime molds have been classified in a major group called the eukarya (or eukaryotes),...
		slime mould Any of a small group of strange, basically single-celled organisms that are intermediate between the plant and animal kingdoms.
		It is induced by a plasmodial slime mold that attacks the roots, causing, in the cabbage, undeveloped heads or a failure to head at all.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=slime (606 words)

	A Computer Model of the Cellular Slime Mould Dictyostelium Discoideum
		One method of studying the aggregation of slime mould is to simulate theft behaviour on a computer model.
		These parameters are the density of artificial slime moulds, the acrasin threshold, the acrasin degradation rate, and the rate of acrasin secretion.
		Two forms of randomness are investigated: random secretion of acrasin by the artificial slime moulds; random initial reactivity of the artificial slime moulds.
	www4.gu.edu.au:8080 /adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050906.112225 (373 words)

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