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Electron microscopy and enzymatic analysis show that the slime track of Dictyostelium discoideum represents a two-phase system with a fibrillar component, most likely cellulose, embedded in an amorphous, protein containing matrix. In contrast the slime from the sorus of the mature fruiting body is devoid of any fibrillar component. Thus, this organism produces two significantly different types of slime material.
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Hol, H.R., Jehli, J. The presence of cellulose microfibrils in the proteinaceous slime track of Dictyostelium discoideum . Archiv. Mikrobiol. 92, 179–187 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411198
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