[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
     Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 stat. inval. see Phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021
       Class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
         Order Caulobacterales Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)
           Family Caulobacteraceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)
             Genus Asticcacaulis Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)
               Asticcacaulis benevestitus Vasilyeva et al. 2006