life see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Prokarya see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
     Kingdom Bacteria Cavalier-Smith 1998 nom. inval. - bacteria see Kingdom Bacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval.
       Subkingdom Eubacteria Cavalier-Smith 1981 see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
         Division Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) nom. rej. - gram-positive bacteria see Phylum Firmicutes (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval.
           1 Phylum Endospora see Phylum Firmicutes (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval.
           2 Phylum Pirellulae Margulis and Schwartz 1998 nom. ined. see Phylum Planctomycetes Garrity and Holt 2001 nom. inval.
           3 Phylum Actinobacteria Garrity and Holt 2001 see Phylum Actinobacteria Goodfellow 2012 nom. inval.
           4 Phylum Deinococci Margulis and Schwartz 1998 nom. ined. see Class Deinococci Garrity and Holt 2001 nom. inval.
           5 Phylum Thermotogae Margulis and Schwartz 1998 nom. ined. - thermophilic fermenters see Phylum Thermotogae Reysenbach 2002 stat. inval.