Table 1.

D. discoideum strains used in this study.

Strains	Summary	References
AX2	Axenically growing derivate of wild isolate NC-4	[46]
ATG5¯	ATG5 null mutant	This work
ATG5¯/12¯	ATG5/12 double null mutant	This work
ATG5¯/12¯/16¯	ATG5/12/16 triple null mutant	This work
ATG12¯	ATG12 null mutant	[39]
ATG16¯	ATG16 null mutant	[40]
ATG12¯/16¯	ATG12/16 double null mutant	[39]