Plasmodial Slime Molds
Image:Myxomycota.jpg Acrasis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Amoebozoa Phylum: Myxomycota
Classes
Ceratiomyxomycetes Echinosteliomycetes Myxogasteromycetes Stemonitomycetes Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Kingdoms Eukaryotes are organisms with complex cells, in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei. ... Subgroups Mycetozoa(slime moulds) Archamoebae    Pelobiontida    Entamoebida Gymnamoebia Various others The Amoebozoa are a major group of amoeboid protozoa, including the majority that move by means of internal cytoplasmic flow. ...

Myxomycota is a phylum of the Kingdom Amoebozoa related to protists. The name comes from the Greek Myxo, meaning "slime", and mycota=fungus. They are also known as the plasmodial or acellular slime molds. Subgroups Mycetozoa(slime moulds) Archamoebae    Pelobiontida    Entamoebida Gymnamoebia Various others The Amoebozoa are a major group of amoeboid protozoa, including the majority that move by means of internal cytoplasmic flow. ... Typical phyla Chromista Heterokontophyta Haptophyta Cryptophyta (cryptomonads) Alveolata Dinoflagellata Apicomplexa Ciliophora (ciliates) Excavata Euglenozoa Percolozoa Metamonada Rhizaria Radiolaria Foraminifera Cercozoa Archaeplastida (in part) Rhodophyta (red algae) Glaucophyta (basal archaeplastids) Amoebozoa Choanozoa Many others; classification varies Protists (IPA: ) are a diverse group of organisms, comprising those eukaryotes that are not animals... For the fictional character, see Fungus the Bogeyman. ... Non-cellular life is life that exists without cells. ...

Some would also consider Myxomycota as a kingdom unto itself, with an unsettled phylogeny because of conflicting molecular and developmental data.

Reproduction

Can form swarm cells that aggregate, fuse, form a sporangia, sporulate, and return to amoebal or swarm cell stages. The Myxomycota themselves are haploid, and can switch between amoeboid and flagellated forms. The gametes fuse into a zygote, which then becomes a plasmodium, which can produce fruit-like spores. Look up Aggregate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A sporangium (pl. ... This article is about a biological reproductive structure; for the video game, see Spore (video game). ... Alternate meanings: Amoeboid, Amoebozoa For other uses, see Amoeba (disambiguation). ... Haploid (meaning simple in Greek) cells have only one copy of each chromosome. ... Amoeba (Chaos diffluens) Foraminiferan (Ammonia tepida) Heliozoan (Actinophrys sol) Amoeboids are cells that move or feed by means of temporary projections, called pseudopods (false feet). ... Gametes (in Greek: γαμέτες) —also known as sex cells, germ cells, or spores—are the specialized cells that come together during fertilization (conception) in organisms that reproduce sexually. ... It has been suggested that Biparental zygote be merged into this article or section. ... Red blood cell infected with malaria A plasmodium[[1]] is also the macroscopic form of the unusual protist known as slime moulds. ... The term spore has several different meanings in biology. ...

See Also

• Acrasiomycota
• Dictyosteliomycota

Classes Acrasiomycetes Acrasiomycota is a phylum of the Kingdom Discicristates related to protists. ... Classes Dictyosteliomycetes Dictyosteliomycota is a phylum of the Kingdom Amoebozoa related to protists. ...

References

• www.cit.gu.edu.au/~sosic/reports/CIT-95-14.ps.Z
• C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et al., Introductory Mycology, 4^th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN: 0-471-52229-5