living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Prokaryotae see Superkingdom Prokarya
     Kingdom Monera Haeckel 1866 see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
       Division Bacteria Murray 1974 nom. vernac. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
         "Gram-negative, chemolithotrophic bacteria"
           "Organisms Metabolizing Sulfur"
             Genus Thiobacterium (ex Janke 1924) La Riviere and Kuenen 1989