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186 5 • The Eukaryotes of <strong>Microbiology</strong><br />

Figure 5.10 The life cycle of the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum primarily involves individual amoebas but includes the<br />

formation of a multinucleate plasmodium formed from a uninucleate zygote (the result of the fusion of two individual amoeboid cells). The<br />

plasmodium is able to move and forms a fruiting body that generates haploid spores. (credit “photo”: modification of work by<br />

“thatredhead4”/Flickr)<br />

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