Dictyostelium displays a unique life cycle comprised of unicellular amoeba that aggregate and develop into multicellular structures that harbor environment-stable spores under adverse conditions.

The transitional state of this social amoeba is intriguing ... "Dictyostelium is a unicellular creature. If there is not enough food, cells assemble into a single multicellular organism and ...

The other kind of multicellularity, called aggregation, is a temporary clustering of free-living cells, which happens with eerily cooperative slime molds and social amoeba, often in response to ...