Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 [paraphyletic?]
             Phylum "Deltaproteobacteria" Kuever et al., 2006 [polyphyletic]
               Class Deltaproteobacteriaᵀ Kuever et al. 2006
                 Order Myxococcales Tchan et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
                   Suborder Nannocystineae Reichenbach 2007
                     Family Nannocystaceaeᵀ Reichenbach 2006
                       Genus Nannocystisᵀ Reichenbach 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
                         Nannocystis exedensᵀ Reichenbach 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
                           1 "Nannocystis exedens subsp. aggregans"
                           2 "Nannocystis exedens subsp. cinnabarina"
                           3 "Nannocystis exedens subsp. exedens"ᵀ
                           4 "Nannocystis exedens subsp. glomerata"
                           5 "Nannocystis exedens subsp. pulla"