Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Bacteria - (Phylum) Firmicutes

Subsequent positions

Endobacteria (Subdivision) Cavalier-Smith 2002		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: 13. [assumed]
Endobacteria (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith 1998		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 219. [assumed]

Original entries

Entomoplasmatales (Order) Tully et al. 1993

Current position

Firmicutes (Phylum) corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 317 [Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2].

Alternative positions

Endobacteria (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 219. [new position]
Endobacteria (Subdivision) Cavalier-Smith 2002	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: 13. [new position]
Mycoplasmas ([unranked])	Ref: S. Razin, 1982: 42.
Tenericutes (Phylum) Murray 1984	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [31 Aug 2017].

Historical positions

Tenericutes (Phylum) Murray 1984	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [31 Aug 2017].
Tenericutes (Phylum) Murray 1984	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 7).
Firmicutes (Phylum) corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 317.
Endobacteria (Subdivision) Cavalier-Smith 2002	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: 13. [new position]
Firmicutes (Phylum) corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 18.
Endobacteria (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 2 (p. 219). [new position]
Tenericutes (Division) Murray 1984	Ref: N.R. Krieg & J.G. Holt, 1984-1989
Mycoplasmas ([unranked])	Ref: S. Razin, 1982: 42.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5o;6f;11g;245s;4ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	5o;6f;11g;219s;4ss
2016	J.P. Euzéby: [13 Sep 2017]	[5o;6f;11g]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 7)	[5o]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[4o;6f;15g;226s;4ss]
2001b	G.M. Garrity et al.: 18	[4o;6f;14g]
2000		4o6f12g
1982	S. Razin	1o3f6g>60s