#myxobacteria__myxobacterium__myxobacter__gliding_bacteria__glidingbacteria__slime_bacteria__slimebacteria bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
supertype: #eubacteria__eubacterium__truebacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
member of: #order_Myxobacteria__Myxobacterales__order_Myxobacterales__Myxobacteriales__order_Myxobacteriales an order of higher bacteria
member of: #division_Eubacteria one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
member of: #kingdom_Monera__Monera prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
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