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Flubber (named from the film The Absent-Minded Professor), Glorp, Glurch, or Slime is a rubbery polymer formed by cross-linking of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) with a borate compound. Slime can be made by combining polyvinyl-acetate -based adhesives with borax .
The words “borax” and “glue” have flooded TikTok as a new trend has begun to emerge. The words, once popular in slime making, have taken on a new meaning, and it’s left TikTok users a ...
Life cycle. Dictyostelium discoideum is a species of soil-dwelling amoeba belonging to the phylum Amoebozoa, infraphylum Mycetozoa.Commonly referred to as slime mold, D. discoideum is a eukaryote that transitions from a collection of unicellular amoebae into a multicellular slug and then into a fruiting body within its lifetime.
Slimicide (or antislime agent) [1] is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial pesticide used to kill slime-producing microorganisms such as algae, bacteria, fungi, and slime molds. [2] [3] One primary application domain is in the papermaking industry, where it reduces the occurrence of paper holes and spots, [4] [5] as well as protecting the machinery from odor, [4] [6] clogs, [6] corrosion, [4] [6 ...
The paper concluded: "Borate baits would undoubtably be helpful in the long-term, but do not appear sufficient as a sole method of structural protection." [24] Borax is used in various household laundry and cleaning products, [25] [26] including the 20 Mule Team Borax laundry booster, Boraxo powdered hand soap, and some tooth bleaching formulas ...
The slime mold fly Epicypta testata lay its eggs within the spore mass of Enteridium lycoperdon, which the larvae feed on. These pupate, and the hatching adults carry and disperse spores that have stuck to them. [21] While various insects consume slime molds, Sphindidae slime mold beetles, both larvae and adults, exclusively feed on them. [40]
Stachybotrys chartarum (/ s t æ k iː ˈ b ɒ t r ɪ s tʃ ɑː r ˈ t ɛər ə m /, stak-ee-BO-tris char-TARE-əm), [2] also known as black mold [3] is a species of microfungus that produces its conidia in slime heads. Because of misinformation, S. chartarum has been inappropriately referred to as toxic mold.
The cellular slime mold was formerly considered to be fungi following their discovery in 1869 by Brefeld. Although they resemble fungi in some respects, they have been included in the kingdom Protista. [4] Individual cells resemble small amoebae in their movement and feeding, and so are referred to as myxamoebae.