cellular slime mold

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cellular slime mold

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cellular slime mold - differing from true slime molds in being cellular and nucleate throughout the life cycle

slime mold, slime mould - a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists

Acrasiomycetes, class Acrasiomycetes - cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista

dictostylium - any slime mold of the genus Dictostylium

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He introduces many of these topics through the lens of basic biological research pointing out how the biology of bacteria and simple organisms, such as cellular slime molds, have genes and behaviors exhibited by higher organisms.