Two broad groups of slime molds are recognized. The individual cells of cellular slime molds remain distinct-- separated by cell membranes-- during every phase of the mold's life cycle. Slime molds that pass through a stage in which their cells fuse to form large cells with many nuclei are called acellular slime molds.
In my research throught out the web and text books, there are a few fungus like protists that are unicellular. Thank you!
A cellular organism produces ATP (either infecting another organism or not), has ribosomes being able to originate daughter cells, therefore having species. An acellular organism doesn't match this criteria. Examples are virus and prions.
It contains both. Kingdom Protista is a large and very diverse group of organisms and can live as unicellular, multicellular, and in some cases, colonial cells.
Some types of yeast are unicellular while others are multicellular. Yeasts have been used over the years to produce carbon dioxide in baking and alcohol.
Some types are multicellular and some are unicellular.
Slime molds are multinucleated cellular organisms .
Most protists are unicellular. Protists such as algae and slime molds can be either multicellular or unicellular.
Protista
Protista
Both slime molds and ciliates belong to the protists group. Ciliates are single-celled and slime molds have a complex life cycle during the course of which they go through unicellular, multicellular, funguslike (form spores) and protozoanlike (amoeboid) stages.
Slime molds are protists that act like fungi. They are multicellular organisms that feed on decaying organic matter and are commonly found on forest floors. Unlike true fungi, slime molds can move and have a distinct life cycle involving both a unicellular and multicellular stage.
In my research throught out the web and text books, there are a few fungus like protists that are unicellular. Thank you!
Both. There are unicellular fungi, like Saccharomyces cerevisae, the yeast used to fermentate sugars and produce beer, bread and wine. Moreover, there are multicellular fungi, like Agaricus bisporus, the Parisian mushroom, widely spread in food cravings.Unicellular fungi holds all yeasts, molds and some slime molds. Multicellular fungi holds mushrooms, toadstools, earthballs, some molds and some slime molds.
Heterogeneous grouping refers to a diverse mixture of different types of unicellular colonial and multicellular eukaryotes, such as slime molds, brown algae, and diatoms. These groups share the characteristic of being eukaryotic but differ in their cellular structures, organization, and modes of reproduction.
Some fungus-like protists are multicellular, such as the plasmodial slime molds. These organisms consist of a mass of cytoplasm with many nuclei but no cell walls, leading to a multinucleate structure. Other examples, like water molds, can be unicellular or multicellular depending on the species.
unicellular eukaryotes (such as the slime, molds)
A cellular organism produces ATP (either infecting another organism or not), has ribosomes being able to originate daughter cells, therefore having species. An acellular organism doesn't match this criteria. Examples are virus and prions.