Table 2.
Isolate | Movement on/in biofilm | Apparent biofilm consumption strategy |
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Pp -ES | Possible 3 dimensional movement. | Cooperative - Myxamoebae jointly attack large chunks of biofilm-emeshed bacterial cells. |
Dg-WS-142 | 3 dimensional movement throughout the biofilm | Cooperative - Similar to Pp-ES but higher efficiency. Myxamoebae collectively attack large clusters of attached biofilm sloughing it to smaller edible cell clusters. |
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