Chinese Physarum, Myxomycetes

Author: Wang Qi
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Slime molds are a special group of organisms in biological systems that resemble both plants and animals. This book utilizes the principles and methods of comparative morphology, biochemistry, and numerical taxonomy to conduct systematic research on Chinese Physaraceae slime molds from different aspects such as morphology, individual development, and soluble proteins. It describes 8 genera and 59 species of Chinese Physaraceae slime molds, discusses interspecific relationships, records geographic distributions, and provides a systematic key to the known genera, species, and subspecies of China. It explores the evolutionary relationships of various morphological structures of fruiting bodies and establishes a systematic classification and phylogenetic tree for the two families of Chinese Physaraceae slime molds. This book can serve as a reference for mycologists, microbiologists, plant pathologists, botanists, and students and faculty of relevant universities and colleges. This book utilizes the principles and methods of comparative morphology, biochemistry, and numerical taxonomy to conduct systematic research on Chinese Physaraceae slime molds from different aspects such as morphology, individual development, and soluble proteins.