Fig. 2
Mucoidy is associated with reduced predator efficacy among coevolved prey. a End-of-cycle non-mucoid populations are reduced more by predation than mucoid populations (n = 3). b Swarming speed (relative to speed on ancestral prey) of the ancestral predator is slower through lawns of a coevolved mucoid strain than a non-mucoid strain (n = 3). Gray dots are individual replicates, black dots are means and error bars show 95% confidence intervals (t-distribution). c Qualitative predation assay of M. xanthus (center) on mucoid (left), non-mucoid (right), and ancestral (above) E. coli from seven coevolved populations. Source data are provided as a Source Data file
