Natura - nature
Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1748: 210
   actualia - actual entities
  Ref: A. Voltolini, 2006: 44 (note 19) [assumed position]
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
    Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 5 [indirect position]; 24 Apr 2014.
       naturalia - natural bodies
      Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 6 [implicit position]
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
        Ref: J. Wiemann et al., 2020: [13] [validation] [inferred position]
           [Domain] Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 [paraphyletic?]
          Ref: J. Wiemann et al., 2020: [13] [inferred rank]
             [Superphylum] Terrabacteria Battistuzzi et al. 2004
            Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2 [inferred rank]
               Phylum Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
              Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2
                 Class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
                Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [31 Aug 2017]
                   Order Bacillalesᵀ Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
                  Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [1 Sep 2017]
                     Family Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010
                    Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [4 Sep 2017]
                       Genus Staphylococcusᵀ Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
                      Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [9 Sep 2017] [available name]
                         [Staphylococcus aureus] Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
                        Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 364 [inferred name]
                           1 Staphylococcus aureus subsp. anaerobius De La Fuente et al. 1985
                          Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 364
                           2 Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureusᵀ (Rosenbach 1884) De La Fuente et al. 1985
                          Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 364