ORDER MYXOBACTERIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An order of higher bacteria

Synonyms:

Myxobacterales; Myxobacteriales; order Myxobacterales; order Myxobacteria; order Myxobacteriales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("order Myxobacteria" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Myxobacteria"):

family Myxobacteriaceae; family Polyangiaceae; Myxobacteriaceae; Polyangiaceae (bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung)

gliding bacteria; myxobacter; myxobacteria; myxobacterium; slime bacteria (bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste)

Holonyms ("order Myxobacteria" is a member of...):

division Eubacteria (one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella)