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gliding bacteria — noun bacteria that form colonies in self produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste • Syn: ↑myxobacteria, ↑myxobacterium, ↑myxobacter, ↑slime bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gliding bacterium — plural Gliding Bacteria, any member of a heterogeneous group of microorganisms that exhibit creeping or gliding forms of movement on solid substrata. Gliding bacteria are generally gram negative and do not possess flagella. The complex… … Universalium
bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom … Universalium
Bacteria — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Bacteria fossil range = Archean or earlier Recent image width = 210px image caption = Escherichia coli image is 8 micrometres wide. domain = Bacteria subdivision ranks = Phyla [cite web… … Wikipedia
true bacteria — noun a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella • Syn: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria, ↑bacterium, ↑moneran, ↑moneron • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
slime bacteria — noun bacteria that form colonies in self produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste • Syn: ↑myxobacteria, ↑myxobacterium, ↑myxobacter, ↑gliding bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
colorless sulfur bacteria — A diverse group of nonphotosynthetic proteobacteria that can oxidize reduced sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide. Many are lithotrophs and derive energy from sulfur oxidation. Some are unicellular, whereas others are filamentous gliding… … Dictionary of microbiology
slime bacteria. — See gliding bacteria. [1955 60] * * * … Universalium
slime bacteria. — See gliding bacteria. [1955 60] … Useful english dictionary
Bacterial gliding — is a process whereby a bacterium can move under its own power. This process does not involve the use of flagella, which is a more common means of motility in bacteria. For many bacteria, the mechanism of gliding is unknown or only partially known … Wikipedia
