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Gunge as it is known in the United Kingdom, or slime as it is known in the United States and most English-speaking areas of the world, is a thick, gooey, yet runny substance with a consistency somewhere between that of paint and custard. It has been a feature on many children's programs for many years around the world and has made appearances ...
An illustration of a slime creature. In fiction, slimes, also called oozes, are amorphous creatures composed of gelatinous ooze. In literature and film, slimes typically take the role of horrific monsters, while in video games and anime, they are often depicted as cute low-level enemies.
nomen.eumycetozoa.com is an online nomenclatural information system of slime moulds (Myxomycetes, Dictyostelids and Protostelids) of the world. Photo gallery Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine; Introduction to the "Slime Molds" Slime Mold Photos Life cycle of Reticularia lycoperdon at MushooMania.com. Video footage of common slime moulds.
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.
Slime (musician) (Wilma Archer, born 1991), English record producer and multi-instrumentalist; Slime (fantasy creature), a type of creature in fantasy media Slime (Dragon Quest), a species of monster in the game franchise Slime, a series of games from Dragon Quest; Slime, 1982 "Slime", or "Mire", a short story by Anton Chekhov
The family Acrasidae (ICZN, or Acrasiomycota, ICBN) is a family [1] of slime molds which belongs to the excavate group Percolozoa. The name element acrasio - comes from the Greek akrasia, meaning "acting against one's judgement". This group consists of cellular slime molds.
A biofilm is a syntrophic community of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other and often also to a surface. [2] [3] These adherent cells become embedded within a slimy extracellular matrix that is composed of extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs).
Physarum polycephalum, an acellular [1] slime mold or myxomycete popularly known as "the blob", [2] 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 ...