SLIME MOLDS
Let's start with the fun ones. Slime molds are not molds like a fungus. They sometimes act like a fungus, but they aren't. They are actually independent organisms. There are two big kinds of slime molds, cellular and acellular.
Slime Molds (Mycetozoa)
Cellular Slime Molds
The organisms in this group have a complex life cycle during the course of which they go through unicellular, multicellular, funguslike (form spores) and protozoanlike (amoeboid) stages.
slime molds Protistans that may represent a transition between protistans and fungi.
Slime Molds: Myxomycota
Slime molds are often classified as fungi, although now most specialists consider them a group of protistans.
The life cycle of slime molds is very similar to that of fungi. Haploid spores germinate to form swarm cells or myxamoebae. These fuse in a process referred to as plasmogamy and karyogamy to form a diploid zygote.
algae and slime molds). Some people put the algae in the Plant kingdom and the slime molds in the Kingdom Fungi. We will put both groups in the kingdom Protista but acknowledge that they are on the "borderline.
Includes but is not limited to: slime molds, water molds, all protozoans (ciliates(parameciums), zoomastigina, rhizopoda(amoebas), etc.) and plant like protists (clorophyta, golden algae, euglena, etc. ) ...
Generally there is only one nucleus per cell, but there are exceptions, such as the cells of slime molds and the Siphonales group of algae. Simpler one-celled organisms (prokaryotes), like the bacteria and cyanobacteria, don't have a nucleus.
Myxomycota Division of Kingdom Protista which includes slime molds
(myxo = slime; myco = fungus)
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Natality birth rate
(nata = birth‚ born) ...
So you have independently acting cells, but then you also have cells that can act together, such as slime molds, where you have individual cells that come together and form whole entities and have very programmed activities.
thermophiles * * *** **** choanoflaggelates * ***** * EUKARYOTES * **** animals * ******* * * ******** fungi * ******* * * ************** plants * ***** * * ******************** ciliates * ******* * * ************************ cellular slime molds * ...
 See also: Organ, Cells, Plant, Cell, Animal
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