Towards bio-control using Myxomycetes: predatory activity of the myxomycetes Physarum polycephalum and P. pusillum against mycotoxigenic fungi Meise Botanic Garden
Some slime mold species are fungivorous, e.g. Badhamia utricularis, and some of them produce antimicrobial, respectively antifungal substances, e.g. as shown for plasmodial extracts against Fusarium oxysporum. Therefore they hold the potential to be used in biocontrol, especially as antagonists to fungal plant pathogens. In our experiments a laboratory strain of Physarum polycephalum (Carolina®) and wild isolates of P. pusillum collected from ...