myxococcota myxococcota the myxococcota are a phylum of bacteria known as the fruiting gliding bacteria. 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: myxococcotawaite et al. 2021 classes myxococcia waite et al. 2020 polyangiia corrig. waite et al. 2020 synonyms deltabacteria cavalier-smith 2002 deltaproteobacteria kuever et al. 2006 "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 (lspn) and the national center for biotechnology information (ncbi). 120 conserved single-copy marker and rrna genes 16s rrna based ltp_12_2021 gtdb 07-rs207 by genome taxonomy database bdellovibrionota (outgroup) myxococcota myxococcia myxococcales anaeromyxobacteraceae vulgatibacteraceae myxococcaceae polyangiia nannocystales nannocystaceae haliangiales kofleriaceae polyangiales sandaracinaceae polyangiaceae deferrisomatales deferrisomataceae bradymonadales bradymonadaceae myxococcales vulgatibacteraceae anaeromyxobacteraceae myxococcaceae kofleriaceae nannocystaceae polyangiaceae (incl. sandaracinaceae) myxococcia myxococcales anaeromyxobacteraceae vulgatibacteraceae myxococcaceae bradymonadales bradymonadaceae microvenatoraceae bradymonadaceae polyangiia haliangiales haliangiaceae nannocystales nannocystaceae polyangiales sandaracinaceae polyangiaceae