Myxo·bac·ter·a·les
n pl : an order of higher bacteria having long slender nonflagellated vegetative cells that form colonies capable of creeping slowly over a layer of slime secreted by the cells, forming spores usu. in distinct fruiting bodies, and living chiefly as saprophytes on substrates rich in carbohydrates .
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