[life] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Empire Prokaryota (Dougherty 1957) Allsopp 1969 see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
     Kingdom Bacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. - bacteria see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
       Subkingdom Negibacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. - negibacteria see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
         Phylum Proteobacteria Garrity and Holt 2001 nom. nud. see Phylum Proteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 stat. inval.