[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "Bacteroidetes" Garrity and Holt 2001 see Phylum Bacteroidetes Krieg et al. 2012
       Class "Flavobacteria" see Class Flavobacteriia Bernardet 2012
         Order "Flavobacteriales" nom. inval. see Order Flavobacteriales Bernardet 2012
           Family Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach et al. 1992
             Genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
               Flavobacterium xanthum (ex Inoue and Komagata 1976) McCammon and Bowman 2000