Schizomycetes
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Schizomycetes
[skiz″o-mi-se´tēz]a former taxonomic class comprising the bacteria, consisting of unicellular organisms that commonly multiply by cell division.
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Schizomycetes
(skĭz″ō-mī-sē′tēz) [″ + mykes, fungus]An obsolete classification, formerly used to denote bacteria.
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schizomycetes
a very outdated name for bacteria.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005