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MelittangiumRANK: GenusTAXONOMY: Proteobacteria -> delta/epsilon subdivisions -> Deltaproteobacteria -> Myxococcales -> Cystobacterineae -> Cystobacteraceae -> Melittangium OVERVIEW: Vegetative cells are slender rods with tapering ends. Fruiting bodies consist of solitary sporangioles on slime stalks. Myxospores rod shaped, optically refractile. Swarm colonies with a slime sheet and radial veins. Of the proteolytic–bacteriolytic nutritional type.Type species: Melittangium boletus |