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GRSM Dictyostelium Survey

Published by National Park Service | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 25, 2026 | Last Modified: 2018-05-18T00:00:00Z
Field Methods: Collection of 10-20 samples of about 20 g of soil from just under the leaf litter of assorted forest locations. Soil is scraped only from the surface of patches about 10 cm square and stored in small sterile plastic collection bags. No digging is necessary because the organisms are only on the surface. The soil will be cultured in the laboratory to produce spores and then cloned and stored for future research. Dictyostelium is a common model organism and we are developing a library of wild strains to compare.

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