Definition of Slime bacteria

1. Noun. Bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Slime Bacteria

slightly
slightness
slightnesses
slights
slighty
slike
slily
slim
slim-waisted
slim chance
slim client
slim clients
slim down
slim pickings
slime
slime bacteria (current term)
slime eels
slime fever
slime layer
slime mold
slime molds
slime mould
slime moulds
slime mushroom
slimebag
slimebags
slimeball
slimed
slimehead

Literary usage of Slime bacteria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bacteria in Relation to Plant Diseases by Erwin Frink Smith (1914)
"Some planters have said that the slime-bacteria would not attack plants under ... It is impractical to prove absence of the slime-bacteria from the soil by ..."

2. Laboratory work in bacteriology by Frederick George Novy (1899)
"Certain species of slime bacteria found at Naples at a depth of 3500 feet were also met with at Wood's Holl, near the coast as well as at a distance of 100 ..."

3. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles Edward Marshall (1911)
"A, B, C, pure cultures of various forms; D, mucilaginous sheath of slime bacteria. (After Kayser and Manceau.) Slime-forming Bacteria. ..."

4. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"A,B,C, Pure cultures of various forms; D, muci- •laginous sheath of slime bacteria. (After Kayser and Manceau.) t have recently investigated the subject ..."

5. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles Edward Marshall (1917)
"A, B, C, pure cultures of various forms; D, mucilaginous sheath of slime bacteria. (After Kayser and Manceau.) have recently investigated the subject very ..."

6. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles Edward Marshall (1911)
"A, B, C, pure cultures of various forms; D, mucilaginous sheath of slime bacteria. (After Kayser and Manceau.) Slime-forming Bacteria. ..."

7. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles Edward Marshall (1911)
"A, B,C, pure cultures of various forms; D, mucilaginous sheath of slime bacteria. {After Kayser and Manceau.) Slime-forming Bacteria. ..."

8. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"A, B, C, Pure cultures of various forms; D, muci- •laginous sheath of slime bacteria. (After Kayser and Manceau) _ have recently investigated the subject ..."

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