[living organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Prokaryota
     Kingdom Bacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 - bacteria see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
       Subkingdom Negibacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 - negibacteria see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
         Phylum Verrucomicrobia Hedlund 2011
           1 Class Opitutae Choo et al. 2007
           2 Class Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998 [monotypic]