Ul t ras t ruc tura l fibrils consisting of densely packed microfilaments, s imdar in size to the th in filaments of striated muscle, have been observed in the p lasmodium of the acellular slime mold Ph)'sarum pol)'cephalum (Rhea, 1966; Wohl fa r th Bot termann, 1964) A prote in wi th sedimenta t ion characteristics and ATPase activity typical of muscle myosin is also extractable f rom shme mol...