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
Phylum:	Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021[1]
Classes[2]
Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020 Polyangiia corrig. Waite et al. 2020
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_08_2023[7][8][9]	120 single copy marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[10][11][12]
Myxococcia Myxococcales Anaeromyxobacteraceae Vulgatibacteraceae Myxococcaceae Polyangiia Nannocystales Nannocystaceae Haliangiales Kofleriaceae Polyangiales Sandaracinaceae Polyangiaceae	Deferrisomatales Deferrisomataceae Bradymonadales Bradymonadaceae Myxococcales Cystobacterineae Vulgatibacteraceae Anaeromyxobacteraceae Myxococcaceae Nannocystineae Kofleriaceae Nannocystaceae Sorangiineae Polyangiaceae (incl. Sandaracinaceae)	Myxococcia Myxococcales Anaeromyxobacteraceae Vulgatibacteraceae Myxococcaceae "Bradymonadia" Bradymonadales Microvenatoraceae Bradymonadaceae Polyangiia Haliangiales Haliangiaceae Nannocystales Nannocystaceae Polyangiales Sandaracinaceae Polyangiaceae

See also

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

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. 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.
5. Euzéby JP. "Myxococcota ". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2016-03-20.
6. Sayers. "Deltaproteobacteria". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
7. "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
8. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
9. "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
10. "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
11. "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
12. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

External links

• Deltaproteobacteria at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)