Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Bacteria

Subsequent positions

Pimelobacteria (Superphylum) (Cavalier-Smith 1992) Cavalier-Smith 1998

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 218. [assumed]

Original entries

Chroobacteria (Class) Cavalier-Smith 2002
Gloeobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998
Gloeobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 2002
Hormogoneae (Class) Cavalier-Smith 2002
Phycobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998
Phycobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 2002

Current position

Terrabacteria (Superphylum) Battistuzzi et al. 2004

Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.

Alternative positions

Bacteria (Kingdom) Cavalier-Smith 2002	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 132).
Bacteria (Domain) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: K. Anantharaman et al., 2016: fig. 2.
Eubacteria (Kingdom) Woese and Fox 1977	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027). [inferred rank]
Gracilicutes (Division) Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 78-81.
Monera (Kingdom) Haeckel 1866	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 42.
Negibacteria (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith 2002	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 3).
Pimelobacteria (Superphylum) (Cavalier-Smith 1992) Cavalier-Smith 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 218. [new position]

Historical positions

Bacteria (Kingdom) Cavalier-Smith 2002	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 132).
Terrabacteria (Superphylum) Battistuzzi et al. 2004	Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.
Bacteria (Domain) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: K. Anantharaman et al., 2016: fig. 2.
Bacteria (Domain) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [30 Aug 2017].
Bacteria (Domain) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: L.A. Hug et al., 2016: fig. 1.
Negibacteria (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith 2002	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 3).
Terrabacteria (Superphylum) Battistuzzi et al. 2004	Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Eubacteria (Kingdom) Woese and Fox 1977	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027).
Bacteria (Kingdom) (Cohn 1870) Cavalier-Smith 1983	Ref: P.M. Kirk et al., 2008: 14.
Bacteria (Domain) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 43.
Negibacteria (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith 2002	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: 1252.
Bacteria (Domain) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 4.
Gracilicutes (Division) Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 78-81.
Pimelobacteria (Superphylum) (Cavalier-Smith 1992) Cavalier-Smith 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 2 (p. 218). [new position]
Monera (Kingdom) Haeckel 1866	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 42-43.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1c;6o;33f;247g;642s;2ss;18v; †1f;3g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1c;6o;33f;246g;~1275s
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 132)	1,068*ng;593[-815]*g; †36.9%g
2016	J.P. Euzéby: [4 Sep 2017]	[3o;3f;6g]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 4)	[2c;6o]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[1c;7f;57g;80s;2ss]
2001b	G.M. Garrity et al.: 5	[1c;7f;57g]
2000		1c1f56g
1998	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	2c(5o)
1998	T. Cavalier-Smith	[2sp]
1977	R.Y. Stanier & G. Cohen-Bazire	[28[27]g]