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Myxobacterales

noun

an order of higher bacteria

• Syn: ↑order Myxobacteria, ↑order Myxobacterales, ↑Myxobacteriales, ↑order Myxobacteriales

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑division Eubacteria

• Member Meronyms:

↑Polyangiaceae, ↑family Polyangiaceae, ↑Myxobacteriaceae, ↑family Myxobacteriaceae, ↑myxobacteria, ↑myxobacterium, ↑myxobacter, ↑gliding bacteria, ↑slime bacteria

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\\ˌmiksəˌbaktəˈrā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Myxobacter + -ales

: an order of higher bacteria having long slender nonflagellated vegetative cells that form colonies capable of creeping slowly over a layer of slime secreted by the cells, forming spores usually in distinct fruiting bodies, and living chiefly as saprophytes on substrates rich in carbohydrates

Useful english dictionary. 2012.