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?]
             Superphylum Terrabacteria Battistuzzi et al. 2004
               Phylum "Actinobacteria" Garrity and Holt 2001
                 Class Actinobacteriaᵀ Stackebrandt et al. 1997
                   Order Micrococcales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
                     Family Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)
                       Genus Dermatophilusᵀ (van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980) [monotypic]
                         Dermatophilus congolensisᵀ (van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)