Myxococcota

The Myxococcota are a phylum of bacteria known as the fruiting gliding bacteria.^[4] All species of this group are Gram-negative. They are predominantly aerobic genera that release myxospores in unfavorable environments.

Myxococcota
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021[1]
Classes[2]
Bradymonadia "Kuafubacteriia" Myxococcia Polyangiia
Synonyms
Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006[3] "Myxococcia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 "Myxococcota" Waite et al. 2020

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[5] and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[6]

120 conserved single-copy marker and rRNA genes[2]	16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[7][8][9]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[10][11][12]
Myxococcia Myxococcales Anaeromyxobacteraceae Vulgatibacteraceae Myxococcaceae Polyangiia Nannocystales Nannocystaceae Haliangiales Kofleriaceae Polyangiales Sandaracinaceae Polyangiaceae	Bradymonadia Microvenatoraceae Bradymonadaceae Lujinxingiaceae Bradymonadales Myxococcia Anaeromyxobacteraceae Vulgatibacteraceae Myxococcaceae Myxococcales Polyangiia Haliangiales Haliangiaceae [incl. Kofleriaceae] Nannocystales Nannocystaceae Polyangiales Sandaracinaceae Polyangiaceae	"Kuafubacteriia" "Kuafubacteriales" "Kuafubacteriaceae" [WYAZ01] Myxococcia Myxococcales Anaeromyxobacteraceae Vulgatibacteraceae Myxococcaceae Bradymonadia Bradymonadales Bradymonadaceae [incl. Lujinxingiaceae; Microvenatoraceae] Polyangiia Haliangiales Haliangiaceae Nannocystales Nannocystaceae Polyangiales Sandaracinaceae Polyangiaceae

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera
• Bacterial taxonomy