[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 Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
         Family Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004
           Genus Erysipelothrix Rosenbach 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)
             1 Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)
             2 Erysipelothrix inopinata Verbarg et al. 2004
             3 Erysipelothrix tonsillarum Takahashi et al. 1987