GMU:Being a Unicellular Organism/Nik Dommermuth: Difference between revisions

Phase 3 ties in with the question that had been foreshadowed in Phase 2. What does ''Physarium Polycephalum'' like to eat? Is there a preferred source of nutrition; a „gourmet food“ for the slime mold? For the examination oats are prepared in different ways – ground, pureed with liquid, left in liquid to soak overnight. Additionally, other foods and organic materials are arranged together with the oatmeal on a small plate. Little bubbles with nutritionally enhanced agar provide the slime mold with the necessary moisture, while swooshes of ''Escherichia coli'' bacteria provide additional nutrition. Finally the arrangement is topped with a small selection of microgreens. A time-lapse recording makes the eating behavior of the slime mold tangible and provides for a subsequent artistic-scientific evaluation of the consumption patterns.