MYXOBACTERIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myxobacterium mean? 

• MYXOBACTERIUM (noun)
  The noun MYXOBACTERIUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MYXOBACTERIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYXOBACTERIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gliding bacteria; myxobacter; myxobacteria; myxobacterium; slime bacteria

Hypernyms ("myxobacterium" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Holonyms ("myxobacterium" is a member of...):

Myxobacterales; Myxobacteriales; order Myxobacterales; order Myxobacteria; order Myxobacteriales (an order of higher bacteria)

 Context examples 

A compound isolated from the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum.

(Patupilone, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural polyketide compound isolated from the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum.

(epothilone D, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of compounds isolated from the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum.

(Epothilone Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

An extract from the myxobacteria Sorangium cellulosum that promotes tubulin polymerization and microtubule stabilization, thereby inhibiting mitosis.

(Epothilone A, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural polyketide isolated from the myxobacteria Sorangium cellulosum with antifungal activity.

(Ambruticin, NCI Thesaurus)