Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 emend. Lang & Stackebrandt, 2009 Dataset Catalogue of Life Rank GENUS Classification kingdom Bacteria phylum Proteobacteria class Deltaproteobacteria order Myxococcales family Myxococcaceae genus Myxococcus Name Homonyms Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 emend. Lang & Stackebrandt, 2009