Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Biota
           Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
             Superphylum Terrabacteria Battistuzzi et al. 2004
               Phylum Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
                 Class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
                   Order Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010
                     Family Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010
                       Genus Enterococcusᵀ (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
                         Enterococcus malodoratus (ex Pette 1955) Collins et al. 1984