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Fig. 6. (A) The diameter of the thread on the outside of intact slime thread skeins as a function of position along their longitudinal axis. Note the bi-directional taper. (B) A composite of four SEM images along a single thread cell that demonstrates how thread diameter tapers off at both ends of the cell (GTC).