[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001
       Class "Methanomicrobia"
         Order Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981
           Family Methanospirillaceae Boone et al. 2002
             1 Genus Methanospirillum Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)