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slime mould::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | slime mold |
| Type of | fungus |
| Has types | acellular slime mold, cellular slime mold, myxomycete, plasmodial slime mold, true slime mold |
Examples of slime mould
slime mould
Lots of people reckoned this growth was a slime mould, others suggested a yeast.
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However, the slime mould may not be as good a road planner as the researchers hope.
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Yellow slime mould is known to follow traces of sweetness to locate food.
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A light-phobic slime mould became probably the simplest organism put in charge of robot.
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Even slime mould can work out the shortest route through a maze, scientists have found.
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Nakagaki found that the pieces of slime mould spread out and coalesced into a single organism.
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The team discovered that there was only a 10% similarity between human P2X and the slime mould equivalent.
From the sciencedaily.com
In nature, the slime mould Dictyostelium exists as single-cell amoebae feeding off bacteria in the soil.
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To test their maze-solving ability, Nakagaki chopped up a slime mould called Physarum polycephalum.
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