[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 Desulfosarcina Widdel 1981
               1 Desulfosarcina variabilis Widdel 1981
               2 Desulfosarcina cetonica corrig. (Galushko and Rozanova 1994) Kuever et al. 2006
               3 "Desulfosarcina cetonium" see Desulfosarcina cetonica corrig. (Galushko and Rozanova 1994) Kuever et al. 2006
               4 Desulfosarcina ovata Kuever et al. 2006