Slime Molds Flashcards
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Slime Molds
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Eukaryotes
Protista Kingdom, Mycetozoa
Made up of amoeboid organisms
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3 Major Types
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Protostelids
Dictyostelids - cellular slime molds. made up of organisms that spent lives as singular ameobas. if conditions become bleak, they team up to form a multicellular “slug” that moves to a different location and then morph into a fruiting body that releases spores.
Myxomycetes - “true” slime molds are made up of only one cell.