myxococcus
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Medical Definition of myxococcus
1 capitalized : a genus of myxobacteria in which the rod-shaped vegetative cells are transformed into ovoid to spherical spores
2
plural myxococci\ -ˈkäk-ˌ(s)ī
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: any myxobacterium of the genus Myxococcus
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