The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[3] Stigmatella Berkeley & Curtis 1857 ex Berkeley & Curtis 1875 Hyalangium Reichenbach 2007 Simulacricoccus Garcia & Muller 2018 Aggregicoccus Sood et al. 2015 Angiococcus Jahn 1924 ex Hook, Larkin & Brockman 1980 Archanigium Jahn et al. 1924 Cystobacter gracilis Reichenbach 2013 Vitiosangium Awal et al. 2017 Cystobacter Schroeter 1886 [Melittangium Jahn 1924] Citreicoccus Zhou et al. 2022 Corallococcus Reichenbach 2007 Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 [Pyxidicoccus corrig.

Xihelimnobacterium" Li et al. 2023 [FEN-1143: GCA_903911905] Aggregicoccus Archanigium Melittangium Cystobacter Hyalangium Stigmatella Citreicoccus Corallococcus Myxococcus [Pyxidicoccus] Cells can be motile with gliding and swarming behavior.

The vegetative cell shape in the Myxococcaceae family is long rods, which vary in size between members.

The most common fruiting body morphs are soft hump and knob shaped with possible colors of yellow, peach, white, or orange depending on species.

However, there is evidence that some members of the family produce molecules that interrupt the QS of other microbes, behavior potentially useful in predation.