ˌmiksəˈkäkəs noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Myx- + -coccus
1. capitalized : a genus of myxobacteria in which the rod-shaped vegetative cells are transformed into ovoidal to spherical spores
2. plural myxococ·ci -äˌkī, -ä(ˌ)kē, -äkˌsī, -äk(ˌ)sē : an organism of the genus Myxococcus