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13- If cultured in liquid medium that is depleted of nutrients (starvation), microplasmodia form another dormant phase, spherules which can be dried by streaking on dry filter paper, stored indefinitely and used to start new shaker cultures of microplasmodia. Microplasmodia can also be fused to form macroplasmodia and then cultured on solid substrata. | 13- If cultured in liquid medium that is depleted of nutrients (starvation), microplasmodia form another dormant phase, spherules which can be dried by streaking on dry filter paper, stored indefinitely and used to start new shaker cultures of microplasmodia. Microplasmodia can also be fused to form macroplasmodia and then cultured on solid substrata. | ||
==A Simple Method of Growing the Plasmodial Slime Mold Physarum Polycephalum== | ==A Simple Method of Growing the Plasmodial Slime Mold Physarum Polycephalum== |