Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis

Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis is a gram-negative, rod-shaped species of myxobacteria found in soil.[1] It is a predator on other bacteria.

Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Deltaproteobacteria
Order:	Myxococcales
Family:	Myxococcaceae
Genus:	Myxococcus
Species:	M. llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis
Binomial name
Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis Chambers et al. 2020

The ends of the rod-shaped vegetative cells taper slightly. The colonies are pale brown and show swarming motility. It produces orange, roughly spherical fruiting bodies.

A draft sequence of its genome[2] showed significant differences from all previously known species of the genus Myxococcus.

It was isolated from soil collected near the settlement of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, on the island of Anglesey in North Wales and was named after this location.

As of July 2021 the scientific name of this bacterial species is the longest name in the binomial nomenclature system.