地毯上那黏乎乎的都是什么玩意儿？
墙又黑又冷，上面满是黏湿的污迹。
同其它种类的黏菌混在一起时，他们更有可能变成孢子而不是死去的柄细胞。
If they are mixed with other strains, they are more likely to end up as spores than as dead stalk cells.
切伤时，血液会变得很黏以帮助血凝固。
Blood becomes stickier to help coagulation in case of a cut.
信封是用胶黏带封口的。
所有简单的食谱涉及到的都是把芒果搅打成黏浆状，然后或许加入少许牛奶、奶油和豆蔻来调味。
All the simple recipe involves is beating the mango into pulp, and maybe adding a little milk, cream and cardamom to spice things up.
采用胶黏法在沸石表面黏合磁性物质。
The third method is via the adhesion of magnetite onto the zeolites' surface [14].
最终，非细胞黏菌也会产生孢子。
其他的研究显示黏菌家族相当古老。
Other studies have shown that the slime mold lineage is immensely old.
建立网络有时需要黏菌做出艰难的决定。
Building networks sometimes requires tough decisions from slime molds.
四小时后，黏菌已经在尽情享用食物了。
After four hours, the slime mold was feasting on both blocks of food.
油漆还是黏的。
盘基网柄菌属于黏菌两个大型分支当中的一个。
Dictyostelium belongs to one of the two great branches of slime molds.
他们就是黏菌（slime molds）。
果然，黏菌即时地随温度改变而减慢和加快移动速度。
Sure enough, the mould slowed down and sped up in time with the temperature changes.
当非常黏滞的稠密熔岩流经陡峭的地表时，就形成了熔岩流。
Coulees are formed from highly viscous, thick lavas that flow onto a steep surface.
黏菌的共同特征，像产生孢子，可能是在到达陆地后最先进化的。
The traits that slime molds share in common, like making spores, may have first evolved as they came ashore.
一些种类的黏菌千上万个个体聚集起来，形成可以爬行的多细胞体。
Some species gather by the thousands to form multicellular bodies that can crawl.
黏菌长出的触角网络几乎和伊比利亚半岛上真实的公路系统一模一样。
The slime mold grew a network of tentacles that was nearly identical to the actual highway system on the Iberian Peninsula.
即使黏菌为形成柄而死亡，它们的很多基因也会通过亲属传给下一代。
Even if the slime molds die to form a stalk, many of their genes are passed on to the next generation through their kin.
人类和黏菌一样，会依据相对价值进行选择，而不是试图计算绝对价值。
Humans and slime molds alike choose according to relative values, rather than trying to calculate absolute ones.
黏菌随后会吞食掉许多细菌，释放出他们的营养物质供其他有机体生长。
Slime molds then devour many of the bacteria, releasing their nutrients for other organisms to grow on.
在这个实验中，当黏菌生长时，麦片代表的城市被一个接一个地连接起来。
In the experiment, cities were represented by porridge oats that were linked to one another as the slime mould grew.
黏菌也以庞大的数量出现：一小块土壤里可能会有成千上万的黏菌个体。
Slime molds are also present in huge Numbers: There may be thousands of individual slime molds in a pinch of soil.
自然学家发现黏菌的存在已有数百年了，但直到今天才真正开始了解它们。
While naturalists have known of slime molds for centuries, only now are scientists really starting to understand them.
新黏菌品种的发现将给科学家提供机会验证这些可能性，巴尔道夫博士说。
Finding new species of slime molds will let scientists test these possibilities, Dr. Baldauf said.
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