order Myxobacterales

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order Myxobacterales - an order of higher bacteria Myxobacterales, Myxobacteriales, order Myxobacteria, order Myxobacteriales animal order - the order of animals division Eubacteria - one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella family Myxobacteriaceae, family Polyangiaceae, Myxobacteriaceae, Polyangiaceae - bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria - bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste