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Definition of Myxobacteria
1. Noun. Bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste.
Generic synonyms: Eubacteria, Eubacterium, True Bacteria
Group relationships: Myxobacterales, Myxobacteriales, Order Myxobacterales, Order Myxobacteria, Order Myxobacteriales
Definition of Myxobacteria
1. Noun. (plural of myxobacterium) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myxobacteria
Literary usage of Myxobacteria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"The myxobacteria are rodlike organisms which are motile and multiply by ...
myxobacteria are common in moist places, as on decaying wood or on fungi. ..."
2. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"... Bacteria another group of organisms, known as the myxobacteria, is commonly
discussed. ... the myxobacteria resemble both the Bacteria and Myxo- cytes. ..."
3. The American Monthly Microscopical Journal by Chas. W. Smiley (1901)
"myxobacteria.—Since the publication of Dr. ... ter'8 excellent account of
myxobacteria in 1892, several papers dealing with this interesting group of ..."
4. Botany for Agricultural Students by John Nathan Martin (1919)
"In connection with Bacteria another group of organisms, known as the myxobacteria,
is commonly discussed. As the name suggests, the myxobacteria resemble ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"Thaxter's group of myxobacteria is the subject of an extensive illustrated article
by Quehl in the ..."
6. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"The first three are the so-called "higher bacteria" and include (1) the myxobacteria,
organisms showing a ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The myxobacteria are most easily obtained by keeping at a temperature of 30-35° C.
in the dark dung which has lain exposed to the air for at least eight ..."
8. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"... or in groups, seldom arranged in fructification-like masses of definite form,
as is the case with the myxobacteria. All cells of the coenobium are alike ..."
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