[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
       Class "Bacilli" Garrity et al. 2001 nom. ined. see Class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
         Order "Lactobacillales" Garrity and Holt 2001 nom. nud. see Order Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010
           Family Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
             Genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)
               Lactobacillus zeae (ex Kuznetsov 1959) Dicks et al. 1996