living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Prokaryotae see Superkingdom Prokarya
     Kingdom Monera Haeckel 1866 see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
       Division Bacteria Murray 1974 nom. vernac. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
         "Budding and/or appendaged bacteria" see Class Alphaproteobacteria "Garrity and Holt 2001" nom. nud.
           "Prosthecomicrobia" see Family Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)
             1 Genus Prosthecomicrobium Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)
             2 Genus Ancalomicrobium Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)
             3 Genus Stella Vasilyeva 1985 nom. illeg. see Genus Allostella Deshmukh and Oren 2025