| Cross Index | Nannocystis exedens | 
| 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 | Nannocystis exedens | 
| CELLULAR | 
| Staining | |
| Morphology | Vegetative cells are stout rods with blunt ends | 
| Motility | gliding motility | 
| Specialized structures | Myxospores are ovoid or nearly spherical. Fruiting bodies are solitary sporangia | 
| Division | 
| COLONIAL | 
| Solid surface | Swarm colony deeply corrodes the agar surface. | 
| Liquid | 
| Growth Parameters | Nannocystis exedens | 
| PHYSIOLOGICAL | 
| Tropism | .organotrophic | 
| Oxygen | Aerobic | 
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| ENVIRONMENTAL | 
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| Distribution | 
| Genome | Nannocystis exedens | 
| G+C Mol % | 70-72 (Bd, Tm) | 
| Reference | Nannocystis exedens | 
| First citation | Reichenbach, H. 1970. Nannocystis exedens gen. nov., spec. nov., a new myxobacterium of the family Sorangiaceae. Arch. Mikrobiol. 70: 119-138 | 
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2162 H. Reichenbach. | 
| Bergey's Determinative | p 522 | 
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