SLIME BACTERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slime bacteria mean? 

• SLIME BACTERIA (noun)
  The noun SLIME BACTERIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SLIME BACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLIME BACTERIA (noun)

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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 ("slime bacteria" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Holonyms ("slime bacteria" is a member of...):

Myxobacterales; Myxobacteriales; order Myxobacterales; order Myxobacteria; order Myxobacteriales (an order of higher bacteria)