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MYXOBACTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does myxobacteria mean?
• MYXOBACTERIA (noun)
The noun MYXOBACTERIA has 1 sense:
1. bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
Familiarity information: MYXOBACTERIA 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 ("myxobacteria" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Holonyms ("myxobacteria" is a member of...):
Myxobacterales; Myxobacteriales; order Myxobacterales; order Myxobacteria; order Myxobacteriales (an order of higher bacteria)
Context examples
An extract from the myxobacteria Sorangium cellulosum that promotes tubulin polymerization and microtubule stabilization, thereby inhibiting mitosis.
(Epothilone A, NCI Thesaurus)
A natural polyketide isolated from the myxobacteria Sorangium cellulosum with antifungal activity.
(Ambruticin, NCI Thesaurus)
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