Author(s): Ziad A. Shraideh
Article publication date: 1988-12-01
Vol. 6 No. 3 (yearly), pp. 409-418.
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Keywords
slime mold, myxomycete, Jordan
Abstract
An acellular slime mold identified as Physarum polycephalum was isolated from surface soil collected at the Dibbin National Park forest in the north of Jordan. The myxomycete, the first to be isolated in Jordan, was isolated from dead organic matter incubated at room temperature in a moist chamber. It was characterized by small stalked gyrose sporangia, peridial lime deposits, branched capillitium and ornamented spores. It had a large yellowish phaneroplasmodium which showed rhythmic shuttle streaming with a periodicity of approximately 1.3 min