Prokaryota
Superregnum:Bacteria

(unranked):Caldiserica/Cryosericota group –FCB group –Nitrospinae/Tectomicrobia group –PVC group –Terrabacteria group

Phyla:Abditibacteriota –Acidobacteriota –Actinomycetota –Aquificota –Armatimonadota –Atribacterota –Bacillota –Bacteroidota –Balneolota –Bdellovibrionota –Bipolaricaulota –Caldisericota –Calditrichota –Campylobacterota –Chlamydiota –Chlorobiota –Chloroflexota –Chrysiogenota –Cloacimonadota –Coprothermobacterota –Cyanobacteriota –Deferribacterota –Deinococcota –Desulfobacterota –Dictyoglomota –Dormibacterota –Elulimicrobiota –Elusimicrobiota –Eremiobacterota –Fibrobacterota –Fidelibacterota –Fusobacteriota –Gemmatimonadota –Ignavibacteriota –Kiritimatiellota –Lentisphaerota –Methylomirabilota –Muellerivitota –Muiribacteriota –Mycoplasmatota –Myxococcota –Nitrospinota –Nitrospirota –Oederibacteriota –Omnitrophota –Patescibacteriota –Planctomycetota –Pseudomonadota –Rhodothermota –Ryujiniota –Spirochaetota –Synergistota –Sysuimicrobiota –Thermodesulfobacteriota –Thermomicrobiota –Thermosulfidibacterota –Thermotogota –Verrucomicrobiota –Vulcanimicrobiota

Genera (incertae sedis):Candidatus Ovobacter –Chlorochromatium –Deinonema –Nanobacterium –Pseudogluconobacter –Ruminobacillus –Smegmaraptor –Streptofusia –Thermotrix

Bacteria (Haeckel, 1894)Woese,Kandler &Wheelis, 1990

• Type genus:BacillusCohn, 1872

Circumscriptional synonyms

• BacteriasensuWoeseet al., 1990
• EubacteriasensuWoese &Fox, 1977
• NeobacteriaMöhn, 1984

Main page:Bacteria (classifications).

3-Domain System ofCarl Woese

• Terrabiota
  • non-cellular lifeforms
  • Cytota
    • LUCA
      • DomainBacteria
        • Neomura
          • DomainArchaea
          • DomainEukaryota

• Haeckel, E. 1894.Systematische Phylogenie der Protisten und Pflanzen. Erster Theil des Entwurfs einer systematischen Stammesgeschichte. pp. [i]–xvi, [1]–400. Berlin: Georg Reimer.DOI:10.3931/e-rara-72554.Reference page. 
• Woese, C.R.,Kandler, O. &Wheelis, M.L. 1990. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 87(12): 4576–4579.DOI:10.1073/pnas.87.12.4576Reference page. 
• Oren, A. & Garrity, G.M. 2021. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 71(10): 5056. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005056. Reference page. 
• Göker, M. &Oren, A. 2024.Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotesInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 74: 6242.DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.006242 .Reference page. 

• Parte, A.C.,Sardà Carbasse, J.,Meier-Kolthoff, J.P.,Reimer, L.C. &Göker, M. 2020. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ.International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 70: 5607–5612.DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332Reference page.  Accessed 8 August 2024
• Becerra, A.;Delaye, L.;Islas, S.;Lazcano, A. 2007: The very early stages of biological evolution and the nature of the last common ancestor of the three major cell domains.Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics, 38: 361–379.
• Betsey Dexter Dyer A Field Guide to Bacteria (Comstock Book) 2003: Cornell University Press. 355 pp.
• Steel K.J. & S.T. Cowan 2004: Cowan and Steel's Manual for the Identification of Medical Bacteria. Cambridge University Press.
• Cohn, F. 1872. Untersuchungen über Bakterien.Beitrage zur Biologie der Pflanzen Heft 2, 1: 127–224.BHL.Reference page. 

• LPSN: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2006.Eubacteria. True Bacteria. Version 10 March 2006 (temporary) inThe Tree of Life Web Project
• Bacteria – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Bacteria – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Bacteria – Taxon details onSeqCode Registry (Registry forThe Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data).

For more multimedia, look atBacteria onWikimedia Commons.

• Pages with taxonavigation templates
• Pages with vernacular names