organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Kingdom Monera Haeckel 1866 see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum Thiopneutes Margulis and Schwartz 1982 see Class Deltaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2001 nom. ined.
       1 Genus Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
       2 Genus Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)
       3 Genus Desulfuromonas Pfennig and Biebl 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)