Different Morphotypes of Physarum polycephalum as Models for Chemotaxis and Locomotion.


Journal

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
ISSN: 1940-6029
Titre abrégé: Methods Mol Biol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9214969

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2024
Historique:
medline: 16 8 2024
pubmed: 16 8 2024
entrez: 15 8 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The acellular slime mold Physarum polycephalum is a large, unicellular amoeba, which, due to its huge size, is well suited to investigate chemotaxis and cellular locomotion. The myxomycete has an astonishing behavioral repertoire and is highly responsive to changes in its environment, which map to changes in its tubular network, internal cytoplasm flow, and cytoskeleton. The behavioral repertoire includes problem-solving, decision-making, and memory. P. polycephalum's chemo- and phototaxis are especially well studied. This chapter describes how to cultivate different morphotypes of P. polycephalum (micro-, meso-, and macroplasmodia). Furthermore, the setup of a chemotaxis experiment and the acquisition and analysis of chemotaxis data is described.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39147971
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4023-4_7
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

69-78

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

Christina Oettmeier (C)

Universität Münster, Fachbereich Biologie, Institut für Integrative Zellbiologie und Physiologie, Münster, Germany. christina.oettmeier@uni-muenster.de.

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