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myxococcus|mɪksəˈkɒkəs|
[mod.L., f. myxo- + coccus.]
A myxobacterium of the genus so called. Also attrib. So myxoˈcoccal a., of or pertaining to an organism of this kind.
1892R. Thaxter in Bot. Gaz. XVII. 396 In forms like Myxococcus, in which the rods are somewhat scattered, the first preparation for spore production..consists in the appearance of groups of rods moving with a circular tendency. [Ibid. 403 Myxococcus n. gen. – Rods slender, curved, swarming together after a vegetative period.] 1932Jrnl. Bacteriol. XXIV. 337 There is some variation in the ability of Myxococcus cultures to fruit on the same types of media. 1946Nature 23 Nov. 745/1 The growth of the myxococcus concerned..results in the production of a true non-enzymic antibiotic substance. Ibid., An inoculum of myxococcal microcysts. 1973R. G. Krueger et al. Introd. Microbiol. iii. 61/1 Representatives of the Myxococcus group behave in a fashion that requires response of vegetative cells to the presence and behavior of other vegetative cells of the same type. |