Myxococcota

Myxococcota
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Myxococcota

Waite et al. 2021[1]
Classes[2]
  • Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020
  • Polyangia Waite et al. 2020
Synonyms
  • Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002
  • Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006[3]
  • "Myxococcia" Cavalier-Smith 2020
  • "Myxococcota" Waite et al. 2020

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

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on phylogenomics:[2]

 
Myxococcota
Myxococcia (Myxococcales)
 
 

Myxococcaceae

 
 

Vulgatibacteraceae

 
 
 

Anaeromyxobacteraceae

 
 
Polyangia
Polyangiales
 

Polyangiaceae

 
 

Sandaracinaceae

 
 
 
 

Nannocystales (Nannocystaceae)

 
 

Haliangiales (Kofleriaceae)

 
 
 
 
 

Bdellovibrionota (outgroup)

 
 

References

  1. ↑ Oren A, Garrity GM (2021). "Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 71 (10): 5056. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005056. PMID 34694987.
  2. 1 2 Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, Hahn MW, Kuever J, Hugenholtz P. (2020). "Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 70 (11): 5972–6016. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004213. PMID 33151140.
  3. ↑ Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F (2005). "Class IV. Deltaproteobacteria class. nov.". In Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol.  2: The Proteobacteria Part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta- and Epsilonproteobacteria (2nd ed.). Springer. p. 922. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.cbm00043. ISBN 9781118960608.
  4. ↑ "www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov". Retrieved 2009-03-19.
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