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Ludwig
et al.
2010
(prokaryote)
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Entity:
Bacillota (Phylum)
..Acidibacillus (Genus)
..Avidehalobacter (Candidatus)
..Beduinellaceae (Family)
..Borkfalkiales (Candidate order)
..Caecibacterium (Genus)
..Caldinitratiruptor (Genus)
..Capillibacterium (Genus)
..Carbonibacillus (Candidatus)
..Clostridia (Class)
..Colidextribacter (Genus)
..Culicoidibacteria (Class)
..Desulfobacillus (Candidatus)
..Desulfosporomusa (Genus)
..Erysipelotrichia (Class)
..Fermentithermobacillia (Candidate class)
..Ferrisolea (Candidatus)
..Fiminaster (Candidatus)
..Heliomonas (Candidatus)
..Limnochordia (Class)
..Massilistercora (Genus)
..Ndongobacter (Genus)
..Negativibacillus (Genus)
..Negativicutes (Class)
..Stoquefichus (Candidatus)
..Syntrophomonadia (Class)
..Thermaerobacteria (Class)
..Thermolithobacteria (Class)
..Trigonala (Genus)
..Bacilli (Class)
....Alectryobacillus (Candidatus)
....Alloenteromonas (Candidatus)
....Aphodocola (Candidatus)
....Caccenecus (Candidatus)
....Caccosoma (Candidatus)
....Caryophanales (Order)
....Coprosoma (Candidatus)
....Coprovivens (Candidatus)
....Enterosoma (Candidatus)
....Faecenecus (Candidatus)
....Faecimonas (Candidatus)
....Faecisoma (Candidatus)
....Fimihabitans (Candidatus)
....Izemoplasmatales (Candidate order)
....Lactobacillales (Order)
....Onthousia (Candidatus)
....Onthovivens (Candidatus)
....Pelethosoma (Candidatus)
....Scatoplasma (Candidatus)
....Scybalousia (Candidatus)
....Ventrenecus (Candidatus)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Bacillati
-
(Phylum)
Bacillota
Current position
Bacillota
(Phylum)
Gibbons and Murray 2021
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [14 Dec 2025]; LPSN[14 Dec 2025].
Alternative positions
Firmicutes
(Phylum)
(Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval.
Ref:
J.P. Euzéby, 2016
: [31 Aug 2017].
Historical positions
Firmicutes
(Phylum)
(Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval.
Ref:
J.P. Euzéby, 2016
: [31 Aug 2017].
Firmicutes
(Phylum)
(Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval.
Ref:
M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b
: table 2 (p. 7).
Number of Subtaxa
2026
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
3o;20f;328g;1285s;92ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 19 Dec 2025
[3o;20f;328g]
2016
J.P. Euzéby
: [9 Sep 2017]
[2o;15f;169g]
2015b
M.A. Ruggiero et al.
: table 2 (p. 7)
[2o]
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28 Aug 2026