Definition of "myxobacteria" []

• Plural form of myxobacterium. (noun)

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• "Most are unicellular, but a few prokaryotes such as myxobacteria have multicellular stages in their life cycles."
• "The closest thing to predatory bacteria are the myxobacteria that excrete digestive enzymes and absord the digested"
• "H. ochraceum mreB orthologue performs the same function as in other bacteria, and given that the myxobacteria, to which this species belongs, are known to synthesize actin-targeting toxins"