#053: Slime Molds

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6 Responses

  1. I DONT CArE says:

    really BORING

  2. great article thanks, how would you suppose you would treat a human infected with slime mold?

    • Thomas Roehl says:

      Interesting question. I could not find any records of a slime mold infecting a human (since they eat bacteria, this is not surprising), so there is no set strategy. However, slime molds belong to the same lineage as Entamoeba histolytica, which causes the disease Amebiasis. These infections are treated with azoles, mycins, or diloxanide furoate (a drug specific for E. histolytica), so these groups of drugs would probably also work to combat a slime mold infection. Of course, none of these have been tested against slime molds in a clinical setting because slime molds don’t infect humans.

      • thanks for reply, but it seems they do and its a big problem, look into morgellons disease

        • Thomas Roehl says:

          Morgellons disease has a lot of controversy surrounding it, so there isn’t much good information available about it. Some published studies link the disease to Lyme Disease, but Lyme Disease is caused by a bacterium. A few websites link it to a slime mold but do not support that link with research.

  1. June 5, 2020

    […] difficult to spot. Even when you do find it, you’d probably think it’s a slime mold (FFF#053): the fruitbody features a round head on a small stalk, much like many slime molds. Despite that […]

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