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noun
Any of many gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, of the phylum Myxobacteria, that form colonies of slime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: myxobacteria, myxobacter, gliding bacteria, slime bacteria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
History
By surface analysis, myxo- + bacterium.
Across languages
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