noun
bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
• Syn: ↑myxobacteria, ↑myxobacterium, ↑gliding bacteria, ↑slime bacteria
• Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria
• Member Holonyms: ↑order Myxobacteria, ↑Myxobacterales, ↑order Myxobacterales, ↑Myxobacteriales, ↑order Myxobacteriales
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\\ˈmiksəˌbaktə(r)\ noun (-s)Etymology: New Latin Myxobacter, former genus of bacteria, from myx- + -bacter
: a bacterium of the order Myxobacterales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.