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 "Alphaproteobacteria" Garrity et al., 2006 [monotypic]
                 Class Alphaproteobacteriaᵀ Garrity et al. 2006
                   Order Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
                     Family Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980
                       Genus Acetobacterᵀ Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)
                         ["Acetobacter xylinum" (Brown 1886) Bergey et al. 1925] see Komagataeibacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2013
                           ["Acetobacter xylinum var. africanum" Kulka et al. 1958] see Komagataeibacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2013
                           ["Acetobacter xylinum var. maltovorans" Frateur 1950] see Komagataeibacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2013
                           ["Acetobacter xylinum var. xylinoides" (Henneberg 1906) Frateur 1950] see Komagataeibacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2013