Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 [paraphyletic?]
             Superphylum "Proteobacteria" Craig et al. 2010
               Phylum "Betaproteobacteria" Garrity et al., 2006 [monotypic]
                 Class Betaproteobacteriaᵀ Garrity et al. 2006
                   Order Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006
                     Family Nitrosomonadaceaeᵀ Garrity et al. 2006
                       Genus Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
                         1 Nitrosospira briensisᵀ Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
                         2 Nitrosospira lacus Urakawa et al. 2015
                         3 Nitrosospira multiformis (Watson et al. 1971) Head et al. 1995
                         4 Nitrosospira tenuis (ex Harms et al. 1976) Head et al. 1995