myxobacterialadj.
/ˌmɪksə(ʊ)bakˈtɪərɪəl/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪksoʊˌbækˈtɪriəl/ Microbiology.
Of or relating to myxobacteria.
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vibrionic1850
vibrioid1864
micrococcal1881
gonococcal1888
pneumococcic1891
spirillar1891
pneumococcal1895
pneumococcous1897
streptococcal1897
streptococcic1897
paratyphoid1898
schizomycetic1898
amphitrichous1900
lophotrichous1900
staphylococcal1900
streptococcous1902
streptothricial1903
staphylococcic1904
rhizobial1906
meningococcal1907
meningococcic1907
clostridial1909
botulinum1910
coccoid1912
treponemal1913
Salmonella1916
leptospiral1924
neisserian1925
rickettsial1925
coccal1928
amphitrichate1929
botulinal1939
eubacterial1946
myxococcal1946
coryneform1952
neisserial1955
myxobacterial1957
listerial1961
listeric1961
cyanobacterial1974
1957 R. S. Breed et al. Bergey's Man. Determinative Bacteriol. (ed. 7) 855 The myxobacterial colony, also sometimes designated as a swarm or pseudoplasmodium, consists characteristically of a flat, thin mass of vegetative cells which spreads rapidly.
1989 Nature 25 May 254/3 In myxobacterial reverse transcription there is coordinate RNaseH activity.
1996 Dis. Aquatic Organisms 25 33 Other diseases of salmonids..include bacterial or microsporidial infections of the meninges or brain, myxobacterial infections of the vertebrae, and dietary deficiencies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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