Amoeboid organism solves complex nutritional challenges

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4607-4611

  Dussutour, Audrey ^a,b   Latty, Tanya ^b   Beekman, Madeleine ^b   Simpson, Stephen J ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acellular slime mold; Complexity; Geometrical framework; Nutrition; Physarum polycephalum

Indexed keywords

ACELLULAR SLIME MOLD; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DIET; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; MOULD; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITION; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 77949531653     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912198107     Document Type: Article

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