myxobacterium

Questions

What does myxobacterium mean?

Any of many gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, of the phylum Myxobacteria, that form colonies of slime.

Where does myxobacterium come from?

By surface analysis, myxo- + bacterium.

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