[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
     Phylum Firmicutes (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval. see Phylum Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 2021
       Class "Clostridia" "Garrity and Holt 2001" nom. nud. see Class Clostridia Rainey 2010
         Order "Thermoanaerobacteriales" "Garrity and Holt 2001" nom. nud. see Order Thermoanaerobacterales Wiegel 2009 nom. inval.
           Family "Thermoanaerobacteriaceae" "Garrity and Holt 2001" nom. nud. see Family Thermoanaerobacteraceae Wiegel 2009 nom. inval.
             Genus Coprothermobacter Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993
               Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (Ollivier et al. 1985) Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993