Physarum polycephalum
"Physarum polycephalum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A protozoan, previously also considered a fungus. Characteristics include sporangia that are stalked and multilobed. It is widely used in biomedical research.
| Descriptor ID |
D016839
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.550.550.600.700.550
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