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The myxomycetes have been collected and studied for more than three and a half centuries, and during this period they have been variously classified as plants, animals, or fungi. Numerous individuals have contributed to the body of information currently available for these organisms. Prominent among these were the two Listers (Arthur and Gulielma) in Europe and George Martin and Constantine Alexopoulos in the United States. This chapter represents an effort to highlight the contributions of these and other workers and to provide a brief overview of the studies of myxomycetes carried out in various countries and regions of the world. Early studies of myxomycetes were based entirely upon their morphology, but a more modern multidisciplinary approach, which includes the application of the techniques of molecular biology, is now being used to investigate these organisms. |
