Associations to the word «Myxobacterium»

Wiktionary

MYXOBACTERIUM, noun. (biology) Any of many gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, of the phylum Myxobacteria, that form colonies of slime

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats