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Definition of Myxobacter
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myxobacter
Literary usage of Myxobacter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"myxobacter'ia ( + BACTERIA), applied to those bacteria which form colonies united
by a gelatinous covering (Thaxter) ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... crocatus on decaying plant parts, myxobacter aureus on wet wood and bark,
Myxococcus rubescens on dung, decaying lichens, paper, etc. ..."
3. Sitzungsberichte by Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (1903)
"Es läßt sich so wie bei myxobacter nicht mit voller Sicherheit die Symbiose
zwischen Pilzen und Bakterien feststellen, obgleich die fadenförmigen Gebilde in ..."
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