Myxococcus xanthus
Myxococcus xanthus is a gram-negative, bacillus (or rod-shaped) species of myxobacteria that exhibits various forms of self-organizing behavior in response to environmental cues. Under normal conditions with abundant food, it exists as a predatory, saprophytic single-species biofilm called a swarm. Under starvation conditions, it undergoes a multicellular development cycle.
| Myxococcus xanthus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Myxococcota |
| Class: | Myxococcia |
| Order: | Myxococcales |
| Family: | Myxococcaceae |
| Genus: | Myxococcus |
| Species: | M. xanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Myxococcus xanthus Beebe 1941 | |
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