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Pit function. (A) Alginate detection on the cell surface by mucopolysaccharide staining (left, strain A1 cell grown in the absence of alginate; right, strain A1 cell grown on alginate). (B) Thin section of strain A1 cell grown on alginate (arrow indicates the position corresponding to the pit).
