life see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020] Empire Prokaryota (Dougherty 1957) Allsopp 1969 [monotypic] see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 Kingdom Bacteria (Cohn 1870) Cavalier-Smith 1983 [paraphyletic] - bacteria see Kingdom Bacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 Subkingdom Negibacteria Cavalier-Smith 1987 [paraphyletic?] see Subkingdom Negibacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 Infrakingdom Lipobacteria T. Cavalier-Smith 1998 [paraphyletic?] see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 Superphylum Eobacteria (Cavalier-Smith 1992a) Cavalier-Smith 1998 [paraphyletic?] see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 Phylum Hadobacteria Cavalier-Smith 1992 see Phylum Deinococcus-Thermus Subphylum Chlorobacteria Cavalier-Smith 1992 see Phylum Chloroflexi Garrity and Holt 2001 Genus Chloroflexus Pierson and Castenholz 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)