myxobacterium

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Etymology

By surface analysis, myxo- +‎ bacterium.

Noun

myxobacterium (plural myxobacteria)

  1. (biology) Any of many gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, of the phylum Myxobacteria, that form colonies of slime.

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