Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
             Kingdom Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
               Phylum Pseudomonadotaᵀ Garrity et al. 2021
                 Class Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006
                   Order Myxococcalesᵀ Tchan et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
                     Family Myxococcaceaeᵀ Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
                       Genus Myxococcusᵀ Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)
                         Myxococcus macrosporus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Zahler and McCurdy 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)