slime
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slime
a mucous substance produced by various organisms, such as fish, slugs, and fungi
Slime
a substance of microbial origin that forms aqueous viscid solutions. In many bacteria the cell wall is covered by a slime capsule that protects pathogenic microbes from phagocytes. The secretion of slime in a certain direction enables myx-obacteria to move. Slime often binds individual bacteria cells into colonies in the form of long ribbons and films.
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slime
[slīm] (engineering)
Liquid slurry of very fine solids with slime- or mudlike appearance. Also known as mud; pulp; sludge.