Until April 10, 2023, there are 10 families, 31 genera, and 93 species of myxobacteria. There is only one order of myxobacteria known as Myxococcales.

Classification of Myxobacteria
1. Family – Anaeromyxobacteraceae
Genus – Anaeromyxobacter
List of Anaeromyxobacter species
- Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans
- Anaeromyxobacter diazotrophicus
- Anaeromyxobacter oryzae
- Anaeromyxobacter paludicola
2. Family – Archangiaceae
Genus – Archangium
List of Archangium species
- Archangium disciforme
- Archangium gephyra
- Archangium minus
- Archangium violaceum
Genus – Cystobacter
List of Cystobacter species
- Cystobacter armeniaca
- Cystobacter badius
- Cystobacter ferrugineus
- Cystobacter fuscus
- Cystobacter gracilis
- Cystobacter miniatus
- Cystobacter velatus
Genus – Hyalangium
List of Hyalangium species
- Hyalangium minutum
Genus – Melittangium
List of Melittangium species
- Melittangium alboraceum
- Melittangium boletus
- Melittangium lichenicola
Genus – Stigmatella
List of Stigmatella species
- Stigmatella aurantiaca
- Stigmatella erecta
- Stigmatella hybrida
Genus – Vitiosangium
List of Vitiosangium species
- Vitiosangium cumulatum
- Vitiosangium subalbum
3. Family – Kofleriaceae
Genus – Haliangium
List of Haliangium species
- Haliangium ochraceum
- Haliangium tepidum
Genus – Kofleria
List of Kofleria species
- Kofleria flava
4. Family – Labilitrichaceae
Genus – Labilithrix
List of Labilithrix species
- Labilithrix luteola
5. Family – Myxococcaceae
Genus – Aggregicoccus
List of Aggregicoccus species
- Aggregicoccus edonensis
Genus- Citreicoccus
- Citreicoccus inhibens
Genus – Corallococcus
List of Corallococcus species
- Corallococcus aberystwythensis
- Corallococcus carmarthensis
- Corallococcus coralloides
- Corallococcus exercitus
- Corallococcus exiguous
- Corallococcus interemptor
- Corallococcus llansteffanensis
- Corallococcus macrosporus
- Corallococcus praedator
- Corallococcus sicarius
- Corallococcus silvisoli
- Corallococcus terminator
Genus – Myxococcus
List of Myxococcus species
- Myxococcus eversor
- Myxococcus fulvus
- Myxococcus llanfair
- Myxococcus stipitatus
- Myxococcus vastator
- Myxococcus virescens
- Myxococcus xanthus
Genus – Pyxidicoccus corrig.
List of Pyxidicoccus species
- Pyxidicoccus fallax corrig.
- Pyxidicoccus trucidator
Genus – Simulacricoccus
List of Simulacricoccus species
- Simulacricoccus ruber
6. Family – Nannocystaceae
Genus – Enhygromyxa
List of Enhygromyxa species
- Enhygromyxa salina
Genus – Nannocystis
List of Nannocystis species
- Nannocystis exedens
- Nannocystis konarekensis
- Nannocystis pusilla
Genus – Plesiocystis
List of Plesiocystis species
- Plesiocystis pacifica
Genus – Pseudenhygromyxa
List of Pseudenhygromyxa species
- Pseudenhygromyxa salsuginis
7. Family – Phaselicystidaceae
Genus – Phaselicystis
List of Phaselicystis species
- Phaselicystis flava
8. Family – Polyangiaceae
Genus – Aetherobacter
List of Aetherobacter species
- Aetherobacter fasciculatus
- Aetherobacter rufus
Genus – Byssovorax (Byssophaga)
List of Byssovorax species
- Byssovorax cruenta
Genus – Chondromyces
List of Chondromyces species
- Chondromyces apiculatus
- Chondromyces catenulatus
- Chondromyces crocatus
- Chondromyces lanuginosus
- Chondromyces pediculatus
- Chondromyces robustus
Genus – Jahnella corrig.
List of Jahnella species
- Jahnella thaxteri corrig.
Genus- Minicystis
List of Minicystis species
- Minicystis rosea
Genus – Polyangium
List of Polyangium species
- Polyangium aureum
- Polyangium aurulentum
- Polyangium fumosum
- Polyangium jinanense
- Polyangium luteum
- Polyangium minor
- Polyangium parasiticum
- Polyangium rugiseptum
- Polyangium sorediatum
- Polyangium spumosum
- Polyangium vitellinum
Genus – Racemicystis
List of Racemicystis species
- Racemicystis crocea
- Racemicystis persica
Genus – Sorangium
List of Sorangium species
- Sorangium ambruticinum
- Sorangium arenae
- Sorangium bulgaricum
- Sorangium cellulosum
- Sorangium dawidii
- Sorangium kenyense
- Sorangium orientale
- Sorangium reichenbachii
9. Family – Sandaracinaceae
Genus – Sandaracinus
List of Sandaracinus species
- Sandaracinus amylolyticus
10. Family – Vulgatibacteraceae
Genus – Vulgatibacter
List of Vulgatibacter species
- Vulgatibacter incomptus
List of 93 Myxobacteria species (Alphabetical Order)
- Aetherobacter fasciculatus
- Aetherobacter rufus
- Aggregicoccus edonensis
- Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans
- Anaeromyxobacter diazotrophicus
- Anaeromyxobacter oryzae
- Anaeromyxobacter paludicola
- Archangium disciforme
- Archangium gephyra
- Archangium minus
- Archangium violaceum
- Byssovorax cruenta
- Chondromyces apiculatus
- Chondromyces catenulatus
- Chondromyces crocatus
- Chondromyces lanuginosus
- Chondromyces pediculatus
- Chondromyces robustus
- Citreicoccus inhibens
- Corallococcus aberystwythensis
- Corallococcus carmarthensis
- Corallococcus coralloides
- Corallococcus exercitus
- Corallococcus exiguous
- Corallococcus interemptor
- Corallococcus llansteffanensis
- Corallococcus macrosporus
- Corallococcus praedator
- Corallococcus sicarius
- Corallococcus silvisoli
- Corallococcus terminator
- Cystobacter armeniaca
- Cystobacter badius
- Cystobacter ferrugineus
- Cystobacter fuscus
- Cystobacter gracilis
- Cystobacter miniatus
- Cystobacter velatus
- Enhygromyxa salina
- Haliangium ochraceum
- Haliangium tepidum
- Hyalangium minutum
- Jahnella thaxteri corrig.
- Kofleria flava
- Labilithrix luteola
- Melittangium alboraceum
- Melittangium boletus
- Melittangium lichenicola
- Minicystis rosea
- Myxococcus eversor
- Myxococcus fulvus
- Myxococcus llanfair
- Myxococcus stipitatus
- Myxococcus vastator
- Myxococcus virescens
- Myxococcus xanthus
- Nannocystis exedens
- Nannocystis konarekensis
- Nannocystis pusilla
- Phaselicystis flava
- Plesiocystis pacifica
- Polyangium aureum
- Polyangium aurulentum
- Polyangium fumosum
- Polyangium jinanense
- Polyangium luteum
- Polyangium minor
- Polyangium parasiticum
- Polyangium rugiseptum
- Polyangium sorediatum
- Polyangium spumosum
- Polyangium vitellinum
- Pseudenhygromyxa salsuginis
- Pyxidicoccus fallax corrig.
- Pyxidicoccus trucidator
- Racemicystis crocea
- Racemicystis persica
- Sandaracinus amylolyticus
- Simulacricoccus ruber
- Sorangium ambruticinum
- Sorangium arenae
- Sorangium bulgaricum
- Sorangium cellulosum
- Sorangium dawidii
- Sorangium kenyense
- Sorangium orientale
- Sorangium reichenbachii
- Stigmatella aurantiaca
- Stigmatella erecta
- Stigmatella hybrida
- Vitiosangium cumulatum
- Vitiosangium subalbum
- Vulgatibacter incomptus