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Meaning of GLIDING BACTERIA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
 
 Synonyms: myxobacter, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria
 
 See Also: eubacteria, eubacterium, Myxobacterales, Myxobacteriales, order Myxobacterales, order Myxobacteria, order Myxobacteriales, true bacteria

 

 

Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A type of bacteria which moves by gliding or creeping along solid substrates.
 

 

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