Procaryotic Genera
   Domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
       Class "Clostridia" Garrity et al. 2001 nom. ined. see Class Clostridia Rainey 2010
         Order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
           Family Syntrophomonadaceae Zhao et al. 1993
             Genus Thermaerobacter Takai et al. 1999