A new family, the Vitreoscillaceae, is proposed for a group of microorganisms which are characterized by their colourless, gliding trichomes. The family has certain affinities with myxobacteria and still more with colourless myxophyceae, especially with the Beggiatoaceae. Two genera, Vitreoscilla and Microscilla and seven species are described, three species tentatively referred to Vitreoscilla...

Myxobacteria are widely distributed in various habitats of soil and oceanic sediment. However, it is unclear whether soil-dwelling myxobacteria tolerate a saline environment. In this study, salt-tolerant myxobacterium Myxococcus sp. strain MxC21 was isolated from forest with NaCl tolerance >2% concentration. Under 1% salt-contained condition, could kill consume bacteria prey exhibited co...

The worldwide dissemination of multi drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains has caused serious concern and high rate of mortality in recent decades that originate from limited effective antibiotics in the treatment of A. baumannii infections. Myxobacteria are Gram-negative bacteria that are important for their complex lifestyle and production of novel structurally secondary metabolites ...