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 Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
                 Class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
                   Order Bacillalesᵀ Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
                     Family Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010
                       Genus Staphylococcusᵀ Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
                         Staphylococcus aureus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
                           1 Staphylococcus aureus subsp. anaerobius De La Fuente et al. 1985
                           2 Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureusᵀ (Rosenbach 1884) De La Fuente et al. 1985