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Definition of: Schizomycetes
(skiz′ō·mī·sē′tēz) noun plural
A class of widely distributed, minute, unicellular plants reproducing by fission and allied to the fungi: it comprises the bacteria and, in the Bergey classification, includes the following orders:
| Eubacteriales | Simple undifferentiated forms |
| Actinomycetales | Moldlike bacteria |
| Chlamydobacteriales | Algalike iron bacteria |
| Caulobacteriales | Aguatic, gum-secreting bacteria |
| Thiobacteriales | Sulfur bacteria |
| Myxobacteriales | Slime-mold bacteria |
| Spirochaetales | Protozoanlike bacteria |
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