Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Eobacteria Hydrobacteria Branching order of bacterial phyla (Ciccarelli et al., 2006) Pelobacteraceae Thermosediminibacterales Desulfonatronovibrionaceae PVC superphylum Sedimentisphaeraceae Thermoguttaceae Desulfosarcinaceae Modulibacteria Arenimicrobiaceae Lentimonas Spirosomaceae Branching order of bacterial phyla (Gupta, 2001) Desulfococcaceae Branching order of bacterial phyla (Woese, 1987) Branching order of bacterial phyla (Cavalier-Smith, 2002) Geobacterales Ureaplasma loridis Bacteroides ureolyticus Non-motile bacteria Natranaerofaba Adhaeretor Cesiribacteraceae Atribacter Sedimentisphaerales Absiel…

lla Gracilibacteria Eurybacteria Berkelbacteria Numidum Thermanaeromonas Ereboglobus Catenibacterium Polycladomyces Oligoflexia Allobaculum Tepidisphaeraceae Lottiidibacillus Bellilinea Dehalococcoidia Selenihalanaerobacter Mechercharimyces Catenisphaera Caldilinea Desulforhopalus Tepidisphaera Ilumatobacteraceae Desulfonatronobacter Oleiharenicola Natronoanaerobium Wirthbacteria Dethiobacter Rariglobus Faecalibaculum Brevifollis Natranaerobius Cetobacterium Coprothermobacter Halobacteroides Zavarzinella Seinonella Aquifex Thiotrichales Fermentibacteria Branching ord

er of bacterial phyla (Battistuzzi et al., 2004) Orbales Katanobacteria Syntrophales Silvanigrellales Thermoflavimicrobium Simkania Brachyspiraceae Bernardetiaceae Blastocatella Nibricoccus Anaeroglobus Thermodesulfobium Geovibrio Microscillaceae Anaerospora Desulfoconvexum Ornatilinea Caloribacterium Cryptobacterium Caldithrix Cloacibacillus Ileibacterium Brevefilum Caldimicrobium Mycoplasmatota Natranaerobiaceae Natranaerobaculum Ornithinimicrobiaceae Desmospora Bdellovibrionaceae Anaeromusa Saprospirales Mahella Nitrospinota Schlesneria Desulfatirhabdium Thioreductor Denitrobacterium Dubosiella Reichenbachiellaceae Lentisphaera araneosa Balneola Fucophilus Kyrpidia Ardenticatena Bythopirellula Fulvivirgaceae Lawsonella clevelandensis