| Cross Index | Polyangium |
| 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 | Polyangium |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | |
| Morphology | Vegetative cells are cylindrical, of uniform diameter, with blunt rounded ends |
| Motility | gliding motility |
| Specialized structures | . Sporangia are usually sessile, solitary or in sori, often bounded by a common layer of slime. Myxospores resemble vegetative cells, not refractile or phase-dense, lacking a slime capsule in the examined species. |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | Colonies of all examined species etch, erode and penetrate the agar. Congo red is not adsorbed by the vegetative slime |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Polyangium |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | |
| pH | |
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| Requirements | |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | Cellulose may or may not be hydrolyzed |
| Unique features | .. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Polyangium |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Polyangium |
| First citation | Link,H.F. 1809. Observationes in Ordines plantarum naturales. Disseratio Ima complectens. Anandrarum ordines Epiphytas, Mucedines Gastromycos et Fungos, Maga. Ges. Nat. Freunde Berlin 3:3-42 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2159 E. R. Brockman |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 522 |
| References |