- myxobacteria, myxobacterium, myxobacter, gliding bacteria, slime bacteria - bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
--1 is a kind of eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
--1 is a member oforder Myxobacteria, Myxobacterales, order Myxobacterales, Myxobacteriales, order Myxobacteriales