characteristics of slume moulds with five Points
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Slime molds have characteristics of both molds and protozoa. Under certain conditions, the slime mold exists as masses of cytoplasm, similar to amoebae. It moves over rotting logs or leaves and feeds by phagocytosis. The amoeba stage is called the plasmodium, which has many nuclei.
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The slime moulds have the following characters:
(i) They lack chlorophyll. (ii) They are surrounded by the plasma membrane only; vegetative phase lacks cell-wall. However, the spores have the cellulose cell walls. (iii) At one stage of the life cycle they have amoeboid structure (i.e., vegetative body plasmodial).
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