You Collect a Protist from a Rotting Log and Grow

question 43

Multiple Choice

You collect a protist from a rotting log and grow it in a petri dish containing E. coli, which it engulfs. For a while the protists multiply as single cells. Then the E. coli run short, and the protists aggregate to form a clump, which rises up to become a stalked structure with a globular head. What kind of protist do you have?

• A)a plasmodial slime mold
• B)a cellular slime mold
• C)a free-living amoeba
• D)a water mold

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