English > myxobacteria: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste. |
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Synonyms | myxobacterium, myxobacter, gliding bacteria, slime bacteria |
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Member of | order Myxobacteria, Myxobacterales, order Myxobacterales, Myxobacteriales, order Myxobacteriales | An order of higher bacteria |
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Broader | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
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Spanish | mixobacteria, myxobacterium, myxobacter |
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Catalan | mixobacteri, myxobacterium, myxobacter |
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