Abstract

MYXOMYCETE A AMAZING SLIME MOLDS GROUP

Dr. Teena Agrawal*

Abstract

The members of the Myxomycetes are commonly known as the slime molds. These organisms exhibit the phagotrophic mode of nutrition in the life cycle. They produce the following life stages in the life cycle multinucleate somatic phase called as the plasmodium, a resistant phase called as the sclerotium, the uninucleatre cells which are flagellate (used in fusion). There occur two types of the cell division one of them was the centric cell division, and another cell division is the centric myxomycetes is the cosmopolitan group, they can be found in the Varity of the habitat, even in the lawn, flower bed, generally they are found the moist temperate forest. Myxomycetes have proven very valuable not only for the mycologists but also they are very valuable for the cytologists, genetists, molecular biologists, biophysicists and the biochemists. The members of the myxomycets are very useful, since they show the early evolution of the life, the life cycle of them any of the fungi are very interesting and they destroy of the host in severe way, in some of the cases they reside in the host tissue. Overall the myxomycete is very important group of the fungal kingdom.

Keywords: Myxomycetes, slime molds, cytology, genetics, parasites, saprophytes. complex life cycle.