[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
     Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 stat. inval. see Phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021
       Class Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006
         Order Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006
           Family Desulfomicrobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006
             Genus Desulfomicrobium Rozanova et al. 1994
               Desulfomicrobium baculatum corrig. (Rozanova and Nazina 1984) Rozanova et al. 1994