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A Scientist Collects a Protist from a Rotting Log

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A scientist collects a protist from a rotting log. He grows the protist in a petri dish that contains Escherichia coli bacteria; the protist engulfs the bacteria. For a while the protist multiplies as single cells. When the E. coli are all consumed, the protists aggregate to form a clump that rises up to become a stalked structure with a globular head. What kind of protist does the scientist have?


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

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