Multicellularity: Amoebae follow the leader to food

Alexander K Tice; Matthew W Brown

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.067

Multicellularity: Amoebae follow the leader to food

Curr Biol. 2022 May 9;32(9):R418-R420. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.067.

Authors

Alexander K Tice¹, Matthew W Brown²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA.
² Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. Electronic address: matthew.brown@msstate.edu.

PMID: 35537392
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.067

Abstract

Multicellular fruiting body formation through aggregation of individual cells has been known in Fonticla alba since the original description of the organism. A new study reveals the existence of a second transient collective cellular behavior separate from fruiting body formation.

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MeSH terms

Amoeba*