life see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020] Superkingdom Prokarya see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 Kingdom Bacteria (Cohn 1870) Cavalier-Smith 1983 - bacteria see Kingdom Bacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 Subkingdom Eubacteria Cavalier-Smith 1981 see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 Division Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) - gram-positive bacteria see Phylum Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) Phylum Deinococci Margulis and Schwartz 1998 see Class Deinococci Garrity and Holt 2001 nom. inval. Genus Thermus Brock and Freeze 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) Thermus aquaticus Brock and Freeze 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)