A syncytium is the condition in which a tissue, organism, or filament does not have an internal cellular structure and the organelles freely mix forming a n enormous multinucleate cell. One of the most impressive syncytia (pl. of syncytium) is formed by the acellular slime molds like Physarum.
A plasmodium of Physarum from http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/bio%20102/Bio%20102%20Laboratory/Protists/Physarum.JPG.
| By Jack R. Holt. Last revised: 03/09/2009 |
