myxobacterium
Noun. (biology) Any of many gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, of the phylum ''Myxobacteria'', that form colonies of slime.This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
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