To help relatives, Dictyostelium needs a way to recognize them.
为了帮助亲属，盘基网柄菌需要一种识别它们的方法。
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Dictyostelium belongs to one of the two great branches of slime molds.
盘基网柄菌属于黏菌两个大型分支当中的一个。
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Springer wanted to know whether these organisms, Dictyostelium discoideum, would continue to grow even when deprived of a crucial motor protein, myosin.