- pseudoplasmodium
- pseu·do·plas·mo·di·um (soo″do-plaz-moґde-əm) [pseudo- + plasmodium] a multinucleate plasmodium-like body formed by aggregation of myxamebae without fusion of their protoplasm.
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pseudoplasmodium
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pseudoplasmodium — (soo do plaz mo de um; pl., pseudoplasmodia) A sausage shaped amoeboid structure consisting of many myxamoebae and behaving as a unit; the result of myxamoebal aggregation in the cellular slime molds; also called a slug … Dictionary of microbiology
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Acrasin — (pronEng|əˈkreɪzɛn) a chemotactic chemical secreted by cellular Slime molds to signal that many Myxamoebae should come together to form an aggregate Pseudoplasmodium.Each species of slime mold has its own specific chemical messenger, collectively … Wikipedia
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