gliding bacteria vs slime bacteria

gliding bacteria and slime bacteria both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gliding bacteria	Yes	No	No	No
slime bacteria	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gliding bacteria and slime bacteria are synonyms defined as:

gliding bacteria and slime bacteria: bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste

Other synonyms of gliding bacteria include myxobacter, myxobacteria, myxobacterium.

gliding bacteria (noun)	slime bacteria (noun)
bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste	bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste