Slime mold

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Growth of myxamoebae of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum in axenic culture

Abstract: 1. A simple axenic medium suitable for the growth of the myxamoebae of a strain of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum is described. 2. Procedures suitable for the growth of this strain in liquid and on solid media are described. 3. Conditions suitable for initiating the cell differentiation of myxamoebae grown axenically are described.

Fungal Molecular Systematics

Abstract: The fungi comprise both members of the kingdom Fungi as we now recognize it (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Zygomycota, and Chytridiomycota) and fungal-like protists such as the Oomycota and the cellular and acellular slime molds (Myxomycota and Acrasiomycota). Treating this admittedly polyphyletic assemblage as a group is useful because these organisms often fill rather similar roles within ecosystems, and they have traditionally been studied almost exclusively by mycologists and plant pathologists. Throughout this review, Fungi will refer to the Kingdom, fungi to the organisms studied by mycologists. The fungi, as thus defined, are of great importance for the following reasons: (a) They are the primary decomposers in all terrestrial ecosystems; (b) they are important symbiotic associates of vascular plants both in mutualistic and parasitic relationships; (c) they constitute the overwhelming majority of plant pathogens and as such have a tremendous eco-

Chapter 14 Biochemical and Genetic Methods in the Study of Cellular Slime Mold Development

Abstract: Publisher Summary Recent monumental advances in microbial genetics and in the chemistry of macromolecular biosynthesis have been applied to problems with developmental import The program's appearance and macromolecules' disappearance plays crucial roles in developmental sequences As a consequence, a new technology has arisen that must be adapted to the peculiarities of each kind of biological material This chapter describes genetic, biochemical, and immunochemical techniques that have been successfully applied in the laboratory to the study of cellular slime mold development The cellular slime molds are designated as an order within the phylum Myxomycophyta Several genera and many species have been described However, the bulk of the current investigation has been carried out with Dictyostelium discoideum This species has a particularly interesting morphogenetic sequence and constructs fruiting bodies rapidly and well under a wide variety of environmental conditions Many mutant strains have been isolated that display a wealth of developmental aberrations