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Definition of Myxobacterium
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 Myxobacterium
1. Noun. (biology) Any of many gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, of the phylum ''Myxobacteria'', that form colonies of slime ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myxobacterium
Literary usage of Myxobacterium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Generic Names of Bacteria by Ella Morgan (Austin) Enlows (1920)
"Hab.: On very wet wood and bark in swamps, Kittery Point, Me., and Belmont, Mass.
myxobacterium ... A new myxobacterium." (Does he refer to Thaxter's genus, ..."
2. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich by Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich (1856)
"... und dass der Erreger ein Bakterium zu ein scheine, wahrscheinlich myxobacterium.
Es darf hier beigefügt werden, ass im Windermere Laboratory kürzlich ..."
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