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Acrasiomycetes (Noun)

Meaning

Cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • The first isolation of the Acrasiomycetes, which are also called slime molds, dates back to 1869.
  • There are only two orders of cellular slime molds, which fall within the phylum Acrasiomycetes.
  • The life cycle of Acrasiomycetes has received a lot of attention and there are several models and speculations about it.
  • Acrasiomycetes organisms undergo an unusual life cycle, alternating between a mobile, amoeboid and a sessile, fruiting phase.
  • These organisms, along with members of the plasmodial slime molds, are referred to as the Mycetozoa, and belong to the phylum Acrasiomycetes.

Synonyms

  • Class Acrasiomycetes
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