[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 see Superphylum Proteobacteria Craig et al. 2010
       Class Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006
         Order Desulfobacterales Kuever et al. 2006
           Family Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006
             Genus Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988
               1 Desulfobacterium indolicum Bak and Widdel 1988
               2 Desulfobacterium anilini Schnell et al. 1990 see Desulfatiglans anilini (Schnell et al. 1990) Suzuki et al. 2014
               3 Desulfobacterium autotrophicum Brysch et al. 1988
               4 Desulfobacterium catecholicum Szewzyk and Pfennig 1988
               5 Desulfobacterium niacini Kuever et al. 2006
               6 Desulfobacterium vacuolatum Kuever et al. 2006