[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 "Bacilli" "Garrity and Holt 2001" nom. nud. see Class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
         Order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) see Order Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
           Family "Paenibacillaceae" "Garrity and Holt 2001" nom. nud. see Family Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010
             Genus Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994
               Paenibacillus popilliae (Dutky 1940) Pettersson et al. 1999