prokaryotes - bacteria see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
   Domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
     Phylum "Actinobacteria" Garrity and Holt 2001 see Phylum Actinobacteria Goodfellow 2012 nom. inval.
       Class Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997 nom. illeg. see Class Actinomycetes Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)
         Order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
           01 Suborder Actinomycineae (sic) Stackebrandt et al. 1997 [monotypic] see Suborder Actinomycetineae corrig. Stackebrandt et al. 1997
           02 Suborder Actinopolysporineae Zhi et al. 2009 [monotypic] see Order Pseudonocardiales Labeda and Goodfellow 2015
           03 Suborder Catenulisporineae Cavaletti et al. 2006 see Order Catenulisporales Donadio et al. 2015
           04 Suborder Corynebacterineae (sic) Stackebrandt et al. 1997 see Suborder Corynebacteriineae corrig. Stackebrandt et al. 1997
           05 Suborder Glycomycineae (sic) Rainey et al. 1997 [monotypic] see Suborder Glycomycetineae corrig. Rainey et al. 1997
           06 Suborder Jiangellineae Tang et al. 2011 [monotypic] see Order Jiangellales Tang et al. 2015
           07 Suborder Micromonosporineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 [monotypic] see Order Micromonosporales Genilloud 2015
           08 Suborder Propionibacterineae (sic) Rainey et al. 1997 see Suborder Propionibacteriineae corrig. Rainey et al. 1997
           09 Suborder Pseudonocardineae (sic) Stackebrandt et al. 1997 [monotypic] see Suborder Pseudonocardiineae corrig. Stackebrandt et al. 1997
           10 Suborder Streptomycineae (sic) Rainey et al. 1997 [monotypic] see Suborder Streptomycetineae corrig. Rainey et al. 1997
           11 Suborder Streptosporangineae (sic) Ward-Rainey et al. 1997 see Suborder Streptosporangiineae corrig. Ward-Rainey et al. 1997