noun retÂ·roÂ·gresÂ·sion \Ëre-trÉ-Ëgresh-Én\. : a reversal in development or condition: asa: return to a former and less complex level of development or organizationb: subsidence or decline of symptoms or manifestations of a disease.
Habitat. Slime molds live in somewhat variable habitats all over the world. Generally slime molds live in damp areas of vegetation. They live under rotting logs and damp leaves. Some of the other habitats that slime molds will inhabit include water such as tropical fish tanks.
A: Slime molds move through cytoplasmic streaming where protein-rich material called micro-filaments, provide the means of locomotion and control mechanism that enables these organisms to move in a certain direction. Slime molds have been observed to move at speeds of 0.04 of an inch per hour.