organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Kingdom Monera Haeckel 1866 see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "chemoautotrophic bacteria"
       Class "oxidizers of sulfur compounds" see Order Thiotrichales
         Genus Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)
           Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Temple and Colmer 1951 (Approved Lists 1980) see Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (Temple and Colmer 1951) Kelly and Wood 2000