Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Bacteria - (Phylum) Deltaproteobacteria - (Class) Deltaproteobacteria - (Order) Desulfovibrionales - (Family) Desulfovibrionaceae

Subsequent positions

Thiopneutes (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982

Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 36. [assumed]

Current position

Desulfovibrionaceae (Family) Kuever et al. 2006

Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 246.

Alternative positions

Bacteroidaceae (Family) Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: W.E.C. Moore, 1982: 32.
Desulfovibrionaceae (Family) Devereux et al. 1990	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 14.
Thiobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 218. [rough position]
Thiopneutes (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 36. [rough position]

Historical positions

Desulfovibrionaceae (Family) Kuever et al. 2006	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [12 Sep 2017]. [available name]
Desulfovibrionaceae (Family) Kuever et al. 2006	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 246.
Desulfovibrionaceae (Family) Devereux et al. 1990	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 14.
Delta Group ([unranked])	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 67, 68, 71. [rough position]
Thiobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 2 (p. 218). [rough position]
Thiopneutes (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 36. [rough position]
Bacteroidaceae (Family) Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: W.E.C. Moore, 1982: 32.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	61s;6ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Nov 2014	[61s;6ss]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[45s;3ss]
1982	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	5s