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To keep the slime mold from escaping it has to be fed regularly. How often and in what way it has to be fed depends on the purpose of the culture. It is possible to do this under the flow hood in an attempt to keep things sterile, however it is also possible to do it on the usual work space (disinfect first and still keep hands and tweezers clean) | To keep the slime mold from escaping it has to be fed regularly. How often and in what way it has to be fed depends on the purpose of the culture. It is possible to do this under the flow hood in an attempt to keep things sterile, however it is also possible to do it on the usual work space (disinfect first and still keep hands and tweezers clean) | ||
* In the beginning feed Physarum every two days by using the tweezers to drop a couple of oat flakes into the petri dish until the dish is completely covered with Plasmodium | * In the beginning feed Physarum every two days by using the tweezers to drop a couple of oat flakes into the petri dish until the dish is completely covered with Plasmodium | ||
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* After the culture has reached this stage, just throw the oat flakes on top of it | * After the culture has reached this stage, just throw the oat flakes on top of it | ||
* Since the slime mold grows quickly it may need food every day at some point | |||
* It is possible to keep making new cultures from this one by repeating the previous steps | * It is possible to keep making new cultures from this one by repeating the previous steps | ||
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File:Day 4.jpg|Day 4 | |||
File:Day 6.jpg|Day 6 | |||
File:Day 7.jpg|Day 7 | |||
File:Day 8.jpg|Day 8 | |||
File:Day 9..jpg|Day 9 | |||
</gallery>'''<u><big>Projects with Physarum Policephalum</big></u>''' |
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