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 were previously categorized under kingdom fungi due to their similarities with fungal organisms. However, recent modifications to the biological definition of a fungus resulted to the reclassification of slime molds that now belong to kingdom protista. Fungi are non-motile and generally contain chitin in their cells walls. The absence of chitin and the ability of slime molds to transport themselves from one place to another served as the underlying reasons for the group re-assignment. Slime molds come in a variety of colors except green due to the lack of chlorophyll in their cells.