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MYXOBACTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does myxobacter mean?
• MYXOBACTER (noun)
The noun MYXOBACTER has 1 sense:
1. bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
Familiarity information: MYXOBACTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
gliding bacteria; myxobacter; myxobacteria; myxobacterium; slime bacteria
Hypernyms ("myxobacter" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Holonyms ("myxobacter" is a member of...):
Myxobacterales; Myxobacteriales; order Myxobacterales; order Myxobacteria; order Myxobacteriales (an order of higher bacteria)
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