Japanese researchers found slime mold secretes organic compounds that repel parasitic nematodes from plant roots without ...

Mireta wants to translate slime mold’s superpowers into algorithms that might help improve transit times, alleviate ...

Mold is pretty much everywhere. A hugely diverse category of fungi, molds reproduce by releasing clouds of microscopic spores—seed-like particles that can land and thrive almost anywhere with water, ...

The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is a soil microbe that produces diverse natural products with potential antibiotic activity.

Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) are worm-like parasites of the genus Meloidogyne that are found in many parts of the world. They attack the roots of plants, causing them to wilt and eventually die. It is ...

Root-knot nematodes cause widespread damage to crops, but chemical pesticides that control them also severely harm soil fertility. Soil-dwelling slime mold secretes compounds that repel these ...

The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is a soil microbe that produces diverse natural products with potential antibiotic activity. Previously, three chlorinated compounds had been detected ...

Sloomoo Institute Atlanta is exploring the weird and wonderful world of slime mold through its latest exhibit, "LooMoosh's Magnificent Mold." Slime molds are primitive organisms often found in damp ...