黏菌是确实是一个多样化的群体。一些,称为细胞黏菌,作为单个细胞的大部分生活,但是收集与他人在一群为了应对化学信号,“粮食短缺!”或“现在要生育!”Others, called plasmodial slime molds, spend their entire lives as one humongous organism enclosed in a single membrane, containing thousands of nuclei. These are created when thousands of single, flagellated cells meet up and fuse together.