[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum Deinococcus-Thermus
       Class Deinococci Garrity and Holt 2002
         Order Thermales Rainey and Da Costa 2002
           Family Thermaceae Da Costa and Rainey 2002
             Genus Meiothermus Nobre et al. 1996
               1 Meiothermus ruber (Loginova et al. 1984) Nobre et al. 1996
               2 Meiothermus cerbereus Chung et al. 1997
               3 Meiothermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) Nobre et al. 1996
               4 Meiothermus silvanus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) Nobre et al. 1996
               5 Meiothermus taiwanensis Chen et al. 2002
               6 Meiothermus timidus Pires et al. 2005