Lives in a habitat that allows them to utilize their capabilities of moving by gliding and colonizes dead decaying organism as their nutrient sources. 

 

• pH conditions 

  • slightly acidic to slightly alkaline

  • pH5-pH8

  • example of habitat : soil

• strictly aerobic mesophile

  • on the soil surface

  • more oxygen

 

Example of habitat :

 

• animal dungs, soils, bark of living trees, decaying plant debris - rich in nutrient sources

• some alkalophilic myxobacteria in alkaline lakes of East Africa

• none in aquatic

 

They can be found almost everywhere and can survive in most of the extreme environment due to the formation of fruiting bodies