| Cross Index | Chondromyces |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Myxobacteria |
| Compare | Angiococcus disciformis, Archangium gephyra, Chondromyces, "Corallococcus", Cystobacter, "Haploangium", Melittangium, Myxococcus, Nannocystis exedens, Polyangium "Sorangium cellulosum" Stigmatella |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Chondromyces |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | |
| Morphology | Vegetative cells are cylindrical, untapered rods with blunt rounded ends |
| Motility | gliding motility |
| Specialized structures | Sporangia are borne singly or in clusters on simple or branched stalks. Myxospores lack capsules and resemble vegetative rods |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | Vegetative swarms etch, erode and penetrate agar media. Vegetative slime does not adsorb Congo red dye. |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Chondromyces |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | Aerobic. |
| pH | |
| Temperature | Temperature range: 18-37`C; optimum: 28-30`C. |
| Requirements | |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Chondromyces |
| G+C Mol % | 69-70 (Tm) |
| Reference | Chondromyces |
| First citation | Berkeley and Curtis in Berkely,M. J.1874. Notices of North American Fungi. Grevillea 3: 49-64 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2167 H. D. McCurdy |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 519 |
| References |