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Which one of the following is a slime mould?

1. Physarum
2. Thiobacillus
3. Anabaena
4. Rhizopus

Correct answer: Physarum

Solution

Physarum is a plasmodial slime mould, a protist-like organism that forms a multinucleate mass and moves by streaming. The other options belong to different groups: Thiobacillus is a bacterium, Anabaena is a cyanobacterium, and Rhizopus is a fungus.

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