noun
bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
• Syn: ↑myxobacteria, ↑myxobacterium, ↑myxobacter, ↑slime bacteria
• Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria
• Member Holonyms: ↑order Myxobacteria, ↑Myxobacterales, ↑order Myxobacterales, ↑Myxobacteriales, ↑order Myxobacteriales
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bacteria that form colonies in a self-produced slime that permits them to glide, mainly inhabiting moist soils, decaying plant matter, animal waste, and rotting tree bark: some species produce brightly colored, funguslike fruiting bodies. Also called slime bacteria, myxobacteria.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.