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Spore-to-spore agar culture of the myxomycete Physarum globuliferum

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The ontogeny of the myxomycete Physarum globuliferum was observed on corn meal agar and hanging drop cultures without adding sterile oat flakes, bacteria or other microorganisms. Its complete life cycle including spore germination, myxamoebae, swarm cells, plasmodial development, and maturity of fructifications was demonstrated. Details of spore-to-spore development are described and illustrated.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Profs. Harold W. Keller, John Webster, Ian R. Hall, and Tom Hsiang for their valuable revisions and kind help. We also thank staffs of the Archives of Microbiology, chief editor Erko Stackebrandt and editorial assistant Susanne Verbarg for their patient revisions and suggestions for this paper. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Nos. 30270008, 30670015).

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Liu, P., Wang, Q. & Li, Y. Spore-to-spore agar culture of the myxomycete Physarum globuliferum . Arch Microbiol 192, 97–101 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-009-0533-4

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