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.
Play media. Dictyostelium discoideum is a species of soil-living amoeba belonging to the phylum Amoebozoa, infraphylum Mycetozoa. Commonly referred to as slime mold, D. discoideum is a eukaryote that transitions from a collection of unicellular amoebae into a multicellular slug and then into a fruiting body within its lifetime.