Ombudsman means citizen representative. They investigate reported complaints, report findings and help achieve resolutions. They can help one person resolve a problem, address issues that affect several residents or work to change a systemic problem.mbudsman means citizen representative. They investigate reported complaints, report findings and help achieve resolutions. They can help one person resolve a problem, address issues that affect several residents or work to change a systemic problem.
But when food and water are scarce, the mass separates into smaller blobs. The Plasmodium forms stalks topped by sphere-like fruiting bodies that contain spores that are carried by the rain or wind to new locations. Cellular slime molds also produce spores, but these germinate into amoeba-like cells. The cells happily go their individual ways, as long as food and water are available.
Slime molds have no direct economic importance. Slime molds are fungi in the class Myxomycetes. These are cosmopolitan organisms that feed on bacteria, protozoa, and other tiny organisms. As is the case with other fungi, slime molds reproduce by spores. Once the spores germinate, they go through several developmental stages which eventually result in a feeding stage called a plasmodium. A plasmodium is a multinucleate mass of protoplasm which results from the fusion of amoeba-like cells. This is a creeping stage of the fungus so when sufficient water is available, slime molds creep or flow over many types of surfaces. They creep at a fairly fast pace and can actually move several feet in 24 hours.