[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 see Superphylum Proteobacteria Craig et al. 2010
       Class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
         Order Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
           Family Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980
             Genus Gluconobacter Asai 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)
               [Gluconobacter oxydans] (Henneberg 1897) De Ley 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)
                 Gluconobacter oxydans subsp. sphaericus Ameyama 1975 (Approved Lists 1980) see Gluconobacter sphaericus (Ameyama 1975) Malimas et al. 2008