Akademik

myxobacteria

noun

bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste

• Syn: ↑myxobacterium, ↑myxobacter, ↑gliding bacteria, ↑slime bacteria

• Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria

• Member Holonyms: ↑order Myxobacteria, ↑Myxobacterales, ↑order Myxobacterales, ↑Myxobacteriales, ↑order Myxobacteriales

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\\ˌmiksəˌbakˈtirēə\

Etymology: New Latin, from myx- + bacteria, plural of bacterium

synonym of myxobacterales

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/mik'soh bak tear"ee euh/, n.pl., sing. myxobacterium /-tear"ee euhm/. Bacteriol.

See gliding bacteria.

[1930-35; MYXO- + BACTERIA, based on the genus name Myxobacter; see -BACTER]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.