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
       Division Bacteria (Haeckel 1894) see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
         "Gram-negative cocci and coccobacilli"
           Family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
             Genus Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)
               1 Neisseria elongata Bøvre and Holten 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
               2 Neisseria meningitidis (Albrecht and Ghon 1901) Murray 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
               3 Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Zopf 1885) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)