Myxomycetes
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Myxomycetes
(′mik·sə′mī′sēd·ēz)
(biology) Plasmodial (acellular or true) slime molds, a class of microorganisms of the division Mycota; they are on the borderline of the plant and animal kingdoms and have a noncellular, multinucleate, jellylike, creeping, assimilative stage (the plasmodium) which alternates with a myxameba stage.
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Myxomycetes
IN BRIEF: n. - The class of true slime molds.
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