NCBI
NCBI Taxonomy taxdump · 2026-10-23taxid: 34
Bacteria > Myxococcota > Myxococcia > Myxococcales > Myxococcaceae > Myxococcus > Myxococcus xanthus
Myxococcus xanthus
Species in genus Myxococcus, family Myxococcaceae (order Myxococcales). (from NCBI Taxonomy lineage)
Warning: This taxon splits 1→many across databases. Read the panels carefully.
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Cross-database view
GTDB
- Myxococcus xanthus
- Myxococcus xanthus_A
- +2 more — see all names below
id: s__Myxococcus xanthus / s__Myxococcus xanthus_A · GTDB R232
Database's species id. At its weakest, linked by GTDB's own NCBI species id rather than the genome's raw one.
d__Bacteria;p__Myxococcota;c__Myxococcia;o__Myxococcales;f__Myxococcaceae;g__Myxococcus;s__Myxococcus xanthus
Warning: GTDB R232 places this taxon's 22 genomes in 2 species.
SILVA
Myxococcus xanthus
id: AJ233929 · SILVA 138.2
Walked up to species. At its weakest, linked by walking up 1 level from a strain or subspecies record to the species.
Bacteria;Myxococcota;Myxococcia;Myxococcales;Myxococcaceae;Myxococcus;
Greengenes2
Myxococcus xanthus
id: Myxococcus xanthus · Greengenes2 2024.09
Genome accession. Linked via GTDB R220 genome accessions — the same physical genomes, not a name match.
d__Bacteria; p__Myxococcota_A_473307; c__Myxococcia; o__Myxococcales; f__Myxococcaceae; g__Myxococcus_463634; s__Myxococcus xanthus
Only 1 genome — below the threshold for detecting a split, so “current” here means unverified, not confirmed.
Renamed: Greengenes2 gives this taxon a different name in 2022.10, 2024.09.
eHOMD
Release 4.2No record in eHOMD 4.2.
Each panel shows one release. Switch a release to see how that database's answer changes — the taxon is held fixed by NCBI taxid, so every panel describes the same organism. Each panel also says how it was linked; how the databases are joined explains the routes.
Lineage by rank
| Rank | NCBI | GTDB R232 | SILVA 138.2 | Greengenes2 2024.09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| domain | Bacteria | Bacteria | Bacteria | Bacteria |
| phylum | Myxococcota | Myxococcota | Myxococcota | first rank that differs from NCBI: Myxococcota_A_473307 |
| class | Myxococcia | Myxococcia | Myxococcia | Myxococcia |
| order | Myxococcales | Myxococcales | Myxococcales | Myxococcales |
| family | Myxococcaceae | Myxococcaceae | Myxococcaceae | Myxococcaceae |
| genus | Myxococcus | Myxococcus | Myxococcus | Myxococcus_463634 |
| species | Myxococcus xanthus | Myxococcus xanthus | — | Myxococcus xanthus |
Each column is the release its box shows. marks the first rank at which a database's name differs from NCBI's, by exact text; a suffix such as _A counts. SILVA's path and eHOMD's columns end at genus, so their species row is blank; the box above names the species. Levels a source labels outside these seven ranks are in the API's ranks and not drawn here.
Names in NCBI
from NCBI Taxonomy taxdump · 2026-10-23- Myxococcus xanthuscurrent
- Pseudomyxococcus xanthussynonym
Other names in these databases
GTDB R232
- Myxococcus xanthus
- Myxococcus xanthus_A
- Myxococcus xanthus_B
- Myxococcus sp010998615
SILVA 138.2
- Myxococcus xanthus
- Myxococcus xanthus DK 1622
- Myxococcus xanthus DZ2
- Myxococcus xanthus DZF1