Dictyostelium discoideum is an amoeba in the class Dictyostelia which is a group of cellular slime molds, also known as social amoebae. Their life cycle begins when they hatch from spores into myxamoebae. In this stage they are unicellular amoebae that reproduce by mitosis. Mainly found in soil these amoebae have a very short life cycle, only 24 hours long. Dictyostelium discoideum have 3 methods of reproduction; mitosis, sexual reproduction, and asexual reproduction. The first method is carried