Something similar to this was recently found in the mouth
"Across-kingdom partnership between bacteria and fungi can result in the two joining to form a “superorganism”
...
They were stickier, more resistant to antimicrobials, and more difficult to remove from teeth than either the bacteria or the fungi alone
...
What’s more, the assemblages unexpectedly sprout “limbs” that propel them to “walk” and “leap” to quickly spread on the tooth surface, despite each microbe on its own being non-motile"
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/microbes-cause-cavities-can...