Acrasidae is a family of slime molds which belongs to the protist group Percolozoa. The name acrasio- comes from the Greek Akrasia, meaning `acting against one`s judgement`. This group consists of cellular slime molds. Some would also consider it as a kingdom unto itself, but the debate is as yet unsettled. The term `Acrasiomycota` has been u...
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Order of Protozoa also known as the cellular slime moulds. They normally exist as free-living phagocytic soil amoebae (vegetative cells), but when bacterial prey become scarce, they aggregate to form a pseudoplasmodium (cf. true plasmodium of Eumycetozoida), that is capable of directed motion. The grex, or slug, migrates until stimulated by environmental conditions to form a fruiting body or sorocarp. The slug cells differentiate into elongated s …
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