Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gliding_bacteria

1 sense of gliding bacteria

Sense 1
myxobacteria, myxobacterium, myxobacter, gliding bacteria, slime bacteria -- (bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste)
       => eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria -- (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)