Myxococcus xanthus - Organism - Data resources

Myxococcus xanthus
Source: NCBI Taxonomy (ID 34)

Taxonomy ID: 34

Rank: species

Scientific name: Myxococcus xanthus

Authority: Myxococcus xanthus Beebe 1941 (Approved Lists 1980); "Pseudomyxococcus xanthus" (Beebe 1941) Das et al. 2025

Synonym: Pseudomyxococcus xanthus

Includes: Myxococcus xanthus retron Mx162; Myxococcus xanthus retron Mx65

Lineage: cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Myxococcota; Myxococcia; Myxococcales; Cystobacterineae; Myxococcaceae; Myxococcus

Statistics: 1 gene; 34,925 proteins; 152,857 sequences

Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)