| NOUN | animal | gliding bacteria, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, myxobacter, slime bacteria | bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime |
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| Meaning | bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste. | |
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| Synonyms | myxobacteria, myxobacterium, myxobacter, slime bacteria | |
| Member of | order Myxobacteria, Myxobacterales, order Myxobacterales, Myxobacteriales, order Myxobacteriales | An order of higher bacteria |
| Broader | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |