cystobacter cystobacter cystobacter is a genus in the phylum myxococcota (bacteria). cystobacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: myxococcota class: myxococcia order: myxococcales family: myxococcaceae genus: cystobacterschroeter 1886 type species cystobacter fuscusschroeter 1886 species see text synonyms polyangium section "fuscae" jahn 1911 etymology the genus name stems from greek noun κύστις (kustis), meaning "bladder" and neo-latin masculine noun bacter "rod" consequently the neo-latin masculine noun cystobacter means bladder-forming rod. species the genus contains 8 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely c. armeniaca reichenbach 2007 (l. fem. n. armeniaca, an apricot-tree, intended to mean apricot-colored.) c. badius reichenbach 2007 (l. masc. adj. badius, chestnut brown.) c. ferrugineus (krzemieniewska and krzemieniewski 1927) mccurdy 1970 (l. masc. adj. ferrugineus, of the color of iron-rust, dark-red.) c. fuscus schroeter 1886 (l. masc. adj. fuscus, dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny.) c. miniatus reichenbach 2007 (l. masc. part. adj. miniatus, cinnabar-red.) c. velatus reichenbach 2007 (l. part. adj. velatus, veiled, covered.) phylogeny the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (lpsn) and national center for biotechnology information (ncbi) 16s rrna based ltp_01_2022 120 marker proteins based gtdb 07-rs207 melittangium boletus cystobacter miniatus reichenbach 2007 cystobacter c. armeniaca reichenbach 2007 c. ferrugineus (krzemieniewska & krzemieniewski 1927) mccurdy 1970 c. velatus reichenbach 2007 c. badius reichenbach 2007 c. fuscus schroeter 1886 melittangium boletus cystobacter fuscus