myx·o·bac·te·ri·um (m k s -b k-tîr  - m)n. pl. myx·o·bac·te·ri·a (-tîr -) Any of numerous gram-negative, rod-shaped saprophytic bacteria of the phylum Myxobacteria, typically found embedded in slime in which they form complex colonies and noted for their ability to move by gliding along surfaces without any known organ of locomotion. |
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| Noun | 1. | myxobacteria - bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella Myxobacterales, Myxobacteriales, order Myxobacterales, order Myxobacteria, order Myxobacteriales - an order of higher bacteria |
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