Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the character or properties of Plasmodium. Also plasmodic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium.

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  • adjective biology Resembling or relating to a plasmodium.

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Examples

  • What is most interesting about these true plasmodial slime molds is that they USED to be lumped in with all of the molds and fungus in Kingdom Fungi.

    Museum Blogs 2010

  • Both cellular and plasmodial slime molds move across their habitats using amoeboid movement, ingesting food by the process of chemotaxis, following the chemical gradient given off by their food sources, to find food

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Like the plasmodial slime mold, the pseudoplasmodium looks for a light, dry are to form the frutification, which is called a sorocarp and consists of a sorophore (the stalk) and a sorus

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • In plasmodial slime molds, the plasmodium moves to a dry, well-lit area and hardens.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Both cellular and plasmodial slime molds move across their habitats using amoeboid movement, ingesting food by the process of chemotaxis, following the chemical gradient given off by their food sources, to find food

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Like the plasmodial slime mold, the pseudoplasmodium looks for a light, dry are to form the frutification, which is called a sorocarp and consists of a sorophore (the stalk) and a sorus

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • There are roughly 500 species of plasmodial slime molds and only about 50 species of cellular slime molds Myxomycota (Phylum) Zipcodezoo. com.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Slime molds can be divided into two groups: plasmodial or true slime molds (Myxomycetes) and cellular slime molds (Acrasiomycetes).

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • In plasmodial slime molds, the plasmodium moves to a dry, well-lit area and hardens.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • There are roughly 500 species of plasmodial slime molds and only about 50 species of cellular slime molds Myxomycota (Phylum) Zipcodezoo. com.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

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