Table 1.
Order Myxococcales – genome properties, taxonomy and ecology
| Organism | Size (Mbp) | Contigs | Proteins | %GC | Sub-order | Family | Fruits | Environment | Sequencing centre | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myxococcus xanthus DK1622 (Mx) | 9.1 | 1 | 7316 | 68.9 | Cystobacterineae | Myxococcaceae | Yes | Aerobic, terrestrial mesophile | The Institute for Genomic Research | [52] |
| Myxococcus fulvus HW-1 (Mf) | 9.0 | 2a | 7284 | 70.6 | Cystobacterineae | Myxococcaceae | Yes | Aerobic, aquatic mesophile | Shandong University, China | [26] |
| Corallococcus coralloides DSM 2259 (Cc) | 10.1 | 1 | 8033 | 69.9 | Cystobacterineae | Myxococcaceae | Yes | Aerobic, terrestrial mesophile | Max Planck Institute, Marburg | [53] |
| Stigmatella aurantiaca DW4/3-1 (Sa) | 10.3 | 1 | 8352 | 67.5 | Cystobacterineae | Cystobacteraceae | Yes | Aerobic, terrestrial mesophile | Max Planck Institute, Marburg | [21] |
| Anaeromyxobacter sp. Fw109-5 (AF) | 5.3 | 1 | 4466 | 73.5 | Cystobacterineae | Myxococcaceae | No | Anaerobic, terrestrial mesophile | Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |
| Anaeromyxobacter sp. K (AK) | 5.1 | 1 | 4457 | 74.8 | Cystobacterineae | Myxococcaceae | No | Anaerobic, terrestrial mesophile | Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |
| Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans 2CP-C (AdC) | 5.0 | 1 | 4346 | 74.9 | Cystobacterineae | Myxococcaceae | No | Facultative, terrestrial mesophile | Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute | [54] |
| Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans 2CP-1 (Ad1) | 5.0 | 1 | 4473 | 74.7 | Cystobacterineae | Myxococcaceae | No | Facultative, terrestrial mesophile | Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute | [55] |
| Sorangium cellulosum So ce 56 (Sc) | 13.0 | 1 | 9374 | 71.4 | Sorangiineae | Polyangiaceae | Yes | Aerobic, terrestrial mesophile | Bielefeld University. | [56] |
| Chondromyces apiculatus DSM 436 (Ca) | 9.4 | 128 | 7633 | 69.2 | Sorangineae | Polyangiaceae | Yes | Aerobic, terrestrial mesophile | Institute of Microbial Technology | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |
| Haliangium ochraceum DSM 14365 (Ho) | 9.4 | 1 | 6719 | 69.5 | Nannocystineae | Kofleriaceae | Yes | Aerobic, marine mesophile | Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute | [57] |
| Plesiocystis pacifica SIR-1 (Pp) | 10.6 | 238 | 8450 | 70.7 | Nannocystineae | Nannocystaceae | Yes | Aerobic, marine mesophile | J. Craig Venter Institute | [58] |
| Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 (Bb) | 3.8 | 1 | 3586 | 50.6 | Bdellovibrionaceae | Bdellovibrio | No | Aerobic, multiple habitat mesophile | Max Planck Institute, Tübingen | [59] |
Myxobacterial genomes are generally large, with a characteristically high %GC. Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 is included as a representative of the bdellovibrios – the closest known relatives of the myxobacteria
aThe M. fulvus genome includes a plasmid, which encodes no TCS proteins