Schizomycetes ('fission-fungi'), a botanical term for Bacteria. It refers to their commonest mode of reproduction—by transverse division. The term Schizophyte is also synonymous with Bacteria. The advantage of the term Schizomycetes is its harmony with similar terms—Saccharomycetes, Zygomycetes, Ascomycetes, &c.—applied to other sets of fungoid plants. See BACTERIA.
Schizomycetes
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