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Article: The Effect of Different Fertilizer Chemicals on the Cytoplasm Movement in Physarum polycephalum.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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To determine if the different fertilizer chemicals affected the speed of the movement of the cytoplasm in the plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum, N[H.sub.2]CON[H.sub.2], N[H.sub.4]N[O.sub.3], N[A.sub.2]HP[O.sub.4], and [K.sub.2]C[O.sub.3] were applied near the surface of the plasmodium. This experiment was done because plasmodium are decomposes in our soils and therefore come in contact with many of the fertilizer chemicals that are deposited for commercial farm use. The time for the cytoplasm to reach one from the other was recorded before and after each chemical addition. After the Physarum polycephalum was cultured and grown to maturity, twelve petri dishes of Physarum ...