Validly published names of taxa above the rank of genus up to and including class
See also the following files:
1) Taxa above the rank of class (not covered by the Rules)
2) Classification
Class - Subclass - Order - Suborder - Family - Subfamily - Tribe - Subtribe
Acidimicrobiia Norris 2013.
Acidobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Actinomycetes Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980).
Alphabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006.
Anaerolineae Yamada et al. 2006.
Anoxyphotobacteria (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988.
Aquificae Reysenbach 2002.
Arabobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Archaeobacteria Murray 1988.
Archaeoglobea Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Archaeoglobi Garrity and Holt 2002.
Armatimonadia Tamaki et al. 2011.
Arthrobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010.
Bacteria Haeckel 1894 (Approved Lists 1980).
Bacteroidia Krieg 2012.
Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006.
Caldilineae Yamada et al. 2006.
Caldisericia Mori et al. 2009.
Chlamydiae Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Chlorobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Chlorobea Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Chloroflexia Gupta et al. 2013.
Chromatibacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Chroobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Chrysiogenetes Garrity and Holt 2002.
Chthonomonadetes Lee et al. 2011.
Clostridia Rainey 2010.
Coriobacteriia König 2013.
Crenarchaeota Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Cytophagia Nakagawa 2012.
Deferribacteres Huber and Stetter 2002.
Dehalococcoidia Löffler et al. 2013.
Deinococci Garrity and Holt 2002.
Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006. Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006 is a later homotypic synonym of Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Dictyoglomia Patel 2012.
Elusimicrobia Geissinger et al. 2010.
Epsilobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Epsilonproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006.
Erysipelotrichia Ludwig et al. 2010.
Ferrobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Fibrobacteria Spain et al. 2012.
Fimbriimonadia Im et al. 2012.
Firmibacteria Murray 1988.
Flavobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Flavobacteriia Bernardet 2012.
Fusobacteriia Staley and Whitman 2012.
Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Gemmatimonadetes Zhang et al. 2003.
Gloeobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Hadobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Halobacteria Grant et al. 2002. Halobacteria Grant et al. 2002 is a later homotypic synonym of Halomebacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Halomebacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Holophagae Fukunaga et al. 2008.
Hormogoneae Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Ignavibacteria Iino et al. 2010.
Ktedonobacteria corrig. Cavaletti et al. 2007.
Lentisphaeria Cho et al. 2012.
Methanobacteria Boone 2002. Methanobacteria Boone 2002 is a later homotypic synonym of Archaeobacteria Murray 1988.
Methanococci Boone 2002. Methanococci Boone 2002 is a later homotypic synonym of Methanothermea Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Methanopyri Garrity and Holt 2002.
Methanothermea Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Microtatobiotes Philip 1956 (Approved Lists 1980).
Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980).
Negativicutes Marchandin et al. 2010.
Nitriliruptoria Ludwig et al. 2013.
Oligosphaeria Qiu et al. 2013.
Opitutae Choo et al. 2007.
Oxyphotobacteria (ex Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988.
Photobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Phycisphaerae Fukunaga et al. 2010.
Picrophilea Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Planctomycea Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Proteobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1988.
Protoarchaea Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Rubrobacteria Suzuki 2013.
Schizomycetes Naegeli 1857 (Approved Lists 1980).
Scotobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Sphingobacteriia Kämpfer 2012.
Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Streptomycetes Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Synergistia Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009
Teichobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Teichobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 is a later homotypic synonym of Firmibacteria Murray 1988.
Thermococci Zillig and Reysenbach 2002. Thermococci Zillig and Reysenbach 2002 is a later homotypic synonym of Protoarchaea Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Thermodesulfobacteria Hatchikian et al. 2002.
Thermoleophilia Suzuki and Whitman 2013.
Thermolithobacteria Sokolova et al. 2007.
Thermomicrobia Garrity and Holt 2002.
Thermoplasmata Reysenbach 2002.
Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002. Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002 is a later synonym of Crenarchaeota Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Thermotogae Reysenbach 2002.
Togobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998.
Acidimicrobidae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Actinobacteridae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Anoxyphotobacteriae Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Coriobacteridae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Nitriliruptoridae Kurahashi et al. 2010.
Rubrobacteridae Rainey et al. 1997.
Sphaerobacteridae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Acanthopleuribacterales Fukunaga et al. 2008.
Acholeplasmatales Freundt et al. 1984.
Acidilobales Prokofeva et al. 2009.
Acidimicrobiales Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Acidithiobacillales Garrity et al. 2005.
Acidobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).
Actinoplanales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Aeromonadales Martin-Carnahan and Joseph 2005.
Alteromonadales Bowman and McMeekin 2005.
Anaerolineales Yamada et al. 2006.
Anaeroplasmatales Robinson and Freundt 1987.
Aquificales Reysenbach 2002.
Archaeoglobales Huber and Stetter 2002.
Armatimonadales Tamaki et al. 2011.
Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Bacteroidales Krieg 2012.
Bdellovibrionales Garrity et al. 2006.
Beggiatoales Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Bifidobacteriales Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006.
Caldilineales Yamada et al. 2006.
Caldisericales Mori et al. 2009.
Campylobacterales Garrity et al. 2006.
Cardiobacteriales Garrity et al. 2005.
Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).
Caulobacterales Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980).
Cenarchaeales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Chlamydiales Storz and Page 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Chlorobiales Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Chloroflexales Gupta et al. 2013.
Chromatiales Imhoff 2005.
Chroococcales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Chrysiogenales Garrity and Holt 2002.
Chthonomonadales Lee et al. 2011.
Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Coriobacteriales Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Cytophagales Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).
Deferribacterales Huber and Stetter 2002.
Dehalococcoidales Löffler et al. 2013.
Deinococcales Rainey et al. 1997.
Desulfarculales corrig. Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfobacterales Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfurellales Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002.
Desulfuromonadales corrig. Kuever et al. 2006.
Dictyoglomales Patel 2012.
Elusimicrobiales Geissinger et al. 2010.
Entomoplasmatales Tully et al. 1993.
Erysipelotrichales Ludwig et al. 2010.
Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).
Euzebyales Kurahashi et al. 2010.
Fervidicoccales Perevalova et al. 2010.
Fibrobacterales Spain et al. 2012.
Fimbriimonadales Im et al. 2012.
Flavobacteriales Bernardet 2012.
Fusobacteriales Staley and Whitman 2012.
Gaiellales Albuquerque et al. 2012.
Gemmatimonadales Zhang et al. 2003.
Geovibriales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Gloeobacterales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Halanaerobiales corrig. Rainey and Zhilina 1995.
Haloanaerobiales. See: Halanaerobiales.
Halobacteriales Grant and Larsen 1989.
Haloplasmatales Rainey et al. 2008 (complete authorship reads Rainey, da Costa, Antunes and Huber).
Herpetosiphonales Gupta et al. 2013.
Holophagales Fukunaga et al. 2008.
Hydrogenophilales Garrity et al. 2006.
Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Ignavibacteriales Iino et al. 2010.
Kiloniellales Wiese et al. 2009.
Kordiimonadales Kwon et al. 2005.
Ktedonobacterales corrig. Cavaletti et al. 2007.
Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010.
Legionellales Garrity et al. 2005.
Lentisphaerales Cho et al. 2004.
Lysobacterales Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Magnetococcales Bazylinski et al. 2013.
Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981.
Methanocellales Sakai et al. 2008.
Methanococcales Balch and Wolfe 1981.
Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981.
Methanopyrales Huber and Stetter 2002.
Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002.
Methylococcales Bowman 2005.
Methylophilales Garrity et al. 2006.
Micrococcales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980).
Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Mycobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) has priority.
Mycoplasmatales Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).
Myxococcales Tchan et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980).
Natranaerobiales Mesbah et al. 2007.
Nautiliales Miroshnichenko et al. 2004.
Neisseriales Tønjum 2006.
Nitriliruptorales Sorokin et al. 2009.
Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006.
Nostocales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005.
Oligosphaerales Qiu et al. 2013.
Opitutales Choo et al. 2007.
Orbales Kwong and Moran 2013.
Oscillatoriales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Pasteurellales Garrity et al. 2005.
Phycisphaerales Fukunaga et al. 2010.
Picrophilales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Planctomycetales Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987.
Pleurocapsales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Prochlorales (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986.
Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980).
Puniceicoccales Choo et al. 2007.
Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006.
Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006.
Rhodocyclales Garrity et al. 2006.
Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Rickettsiales Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).
Rubrobacterales Rainey et al. 1997.
Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010.
Sneathiellales Kurahashi et al. 2008.
Solirubrobacterales Reddy and Garcia-Pichel 2009.
Sphaerobacterales Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Sphingobacteriales Kämpfer 2012.
Sphingomonadales Yabuuchi and Kosako 2006.
Spirillales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980).
Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).
Stigonematales (ex Geitler 1925) Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Streptomycetales Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Sulfolobales Stetter 1989.
Synergistales Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009.
Syntrophobacterales Kuever et al. 2006.
Thermales Rainey and Da Costa 2002.
Thermoanaerobacterales Wiegel 2010.
Thermococcales Zillig et al. 1988.
Thermodesulfobacteriales Hatchikian et al. 2002.
Thermogemmatisporales Yabe et al. 2011.
Thermoleophilales Reddy and Garcia-Pichel 2009.
Thermolithobacterales Sokolova et al. 2007.
Thermomicrobiales Garrity and Holt 2002.
Thermoplasmatales Reysenbach 2002.
Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982.
Thermotogales Reysenbach 2002.
Thiotrichales Garrity et al. 2005.
Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996.
Victivallales Cho et al. 2004.
Xanthomonadales Saddler and Bradbury 2005.
Actinomycineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Actinopolysporineae Zhi et al. 2009.
Catenulisporineae Cavaletti et al. 2006.
Caulobacterineae Breed et al. 1944 (Approved Lists 1980).
Chloroflexineae Gupta et al. 2013.
Corynebacterineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Cystobacterineae Reichenbach 2007.
Eubacteriineae Breed et al. 1944 (Approved Lists 1980).
Frankineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Glycomycineae Rainey et al. 1997.
Jiangellineae Tang et al. 2011
Kineosporiineae Zhi et al. 2009.
Micrococcineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Micromonosporineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Nannocystineae Reichenbach 2007.
Propionibacterineae Rainey et al. 1997.
Pseudomonadineae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Pseudonocardineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Roseiflexineae Gupta et al. 2013.
Sorangiineae corrig. Reichenbach 2007.
Streptomycineae Rainey et al. 1997.
Streptosporangineae Ward-Rainey et al. 1997.
Acanthopleuribacteraceae Fukunaga et al. 2008.
Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980.
Acholeplasmataceae Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Achromatiaceae Massart 1901 (Approved Lists 1980).
Acidaminococcaceae Marchandin et al. 2010.
Acidilobaceae Prokofeva et al. 2009.
Acidimicrobiaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Acidithiobacillaceae Garrity et al. 2005.
Acidobacteriaceae Thrash and Coates 2012.
Acidothermaceae Rainey et al. 1997.
Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980).
Actinoplanaceae Couch 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).
Actinopolysporaceae Zhi et al. 2009.
Actinospicaceae Cavaletti et al. 2006.
Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000.
Aerococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010.
Aeromonadaceae Colwell et al. 1986.
Akkermansiaceae Hedlund and Derrien 2012.
Alcaligenaceae De Ley et al. 1986.
Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005.
Algiphilaceae Gutierrez et al. 2012.
Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and Rainey 2010.
Alteromonadaceae Ivanova and Mikhailov 2001.
Anaerolineaceae Yamada et al. 2006.
Anaeroplasmataceae Robinson and Freundt 1987.
Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Aquificaceae Reysenbach 2002.
Archaeoglobaceae Huber and Stetter 2002.
Archangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Armatimonadaceae Tamaki et al. 2011.
Azotobacteraceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980).
Bacteriovoracaceae Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004.
Bacteroidaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).
Bdellovibrionaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980).
Beijerinckiaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Beutenbergiaceae Zhi et al. 2009.
Bifidobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Blattabacteriaceae Kambhampati 2012.
Bogoriellaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000.
Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Branhamaceae Catlin 1991.
Brevibacteriaceae Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Brevinemataceae Paster 2012.
Brucellaceae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Caldicoprobacteraceae Yokoyama et al. 2010.
Caldilineaceae Yamada et al. 2006.
Caldisericaceae Mori et al. 2009.
Caldisphaeraceae Prokofeva et al. 2009.
Campylobacteraceae Vandamme and De Ley 1991.
Cardiobacteriaceae Dewhirst et al. 1990.
Carnobacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010.
Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).
Catalimonadaceae Choi et al. 2013.
Catenulisporaceae Busti et al. 2006.
Caulobacteraceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980).
Celerinatantimonadaceae Cramer et al. 2011
Cellulomonadaceae Stackebrandt and Prauser 1991.
Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011.
Chlamydiaceae Rake 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980).
Chloroflexaceae Gupta et al. 2013.
Christensenellaceae Morotomi et al. 2012.
Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Chrysiogenaceae Garrity and Holt 2002.
Chthonomonadaceae Lee et al. 2011.
Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Cohaesibacteraceae Hwang et al. 2008.
Colwelliaceae Ivanova et al. 2004.
Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991.
Conexibacteraceae Stackebrandt 2005.
Coriobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980).
Coxiellaceae Garrity et al. 2005.
Crenotrichaceae Hansgirg 1888 (Approved Lists 1980).
Cryomorphaceae Bowman et al. 2003.
Cryptosporangiaceae Zhi et al. 2009.
Cyclobacteriaceae Nedashkovskaya and Ludwig 2012.
Cystobacteraceae McCurdy 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980).
Deferribacteraceae Huber and Stetter 2002.
Defluviitaleaceae Jabari et al. 2012.
Dehalococcoidaceae Löffler et al. 2013.
Deinococcaceae Brooks and Murray 1981.
Demequinaceae Ue et al. 2011.
Dermabacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000.
Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980).
Desulfarculaceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfohalobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfomicrobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfonatronaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfurellaceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Desulfurobacteriaceae L'Haridon et al. 2006.
Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983.
Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006.
Dictyoglomaceae Patel 2012.
Dietziaceae Rainey et al. 1997.
Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984.
Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980).
Elusimicrobiaceae Geissinger et al. 2010.
Enterobacteraceae (ex Lapage 1979) Lapage 1982 (the family name Enterobacteraceae is illegitimate).
Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980).
Enterobacteriaceae (ex Rahn 1937) Ewing et al. 1980. Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) has priority.
Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010.
Entomoplasmataceae Tully et al. 1993.
Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004.
Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005.
Eubacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010.
Euzebyaceae Kurahashi et al. 2010.
Ferrimonadaceae Ivanova et al. 2004.
Ferroplasmaceae Golyshina et al. 2000.
Fervidicoccaceae Perevalova et al. 2010.
Fibrobacteraceae Spain et al. 2012.
Fimbriimonadaceae Im et al. 2012.
Flammeovirgaceae Yoon et al. 2011.
Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach et al. 1992.
Francisellaceae Sjöstedt 2005.
Frankiaceae Becking 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Fusobacteriaceae Staley and Whitman 2012.
Gaiellaceae Albuquerque et al. 2012.
Gallionellaceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980).
Gemmatimonadaceae Zhang et al. 2003
Geobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004 has priority.
Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004.
Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006.
Glycomycetaceae Rainey et al. 1997.
Gordoniaceae Rainey et al. 1997.
Gracilibacteraceae Lee et al. 2010.
Granulosicoccaceae Lee et al. 2008.
Hahellaceae Garrity et al. 2005.
Halanaerobiaceae corrig. Oren et al. 1984.
Haloanaerobiaceae. See: Halanaerobiaceae.
Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).
Halobacteroidaceae Zhilina and Rainey 1995.
Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989.
Haloplasmataceae Rainey et al. 2008 (complete authorship reads Rainey, da Costa, Antunes and Huber).
Halothiobacillaceae Kelly and Wood 2005.
Helicobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Heliobacteriaceae Madigan and Asao 2010.
Herpetosiphonaceae Gupta et al. 2013.
Holophagaceae Fukunaga et al. 2008.
Holosporaceae Görtz and Schmidt 2006.
Hydrogenophilaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Hydrogenothermaceae Eder and Huber 2003.
Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980).
Hyphomonadaceae Lee et al. 2005.
Iamiaceae Kurahashi et al. 2009.
Idiomarinaceae Ivanova et al. 2004.
Ignavibacteriaceae Iino et al. 2010.
Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997.
Jiangellaceae Tang et al. 2011.
Jonesiaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Kiloniellaceae Wiese et al. 2009.
Kineosporiaceae Zhi et al. 2009.
Kofleriaceae Reichenbach 2007.
Ktedonobacteraceae corrig. Cavaletti et al. 2007.
Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010.
Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).
Legionellaceae Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980).
Lentisphaeraceae Cho and Hedlund 2012.
Leptospiraceae Hovind-Hougen 1979 (Approved Lists 1980).
Leptotrichiaceae Staley and Whitman 2012.
Leuconostocaceae Schleifer 2010.
Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Listeriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010.
Litoricolaceae Kim et al. 2007.
Lysobacteraceae Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Magnetococcaceae Bazylinski et al. 2013.
Marinilabiliaceae Ludwig et al. 2012.
Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980).
Methanocaldococcaceae Whitman et al. 2002.
Methanocellaceae Sakai et al. 2008.
Methanococcaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981.
Methanocorpusculaceae Zellner et al. 1989.
Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981.
Methanoplanaceae Wildgruber et al. 1984.
Methanopyraceae Huber and Stetter 2002.
Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012.
Methanosaetaceae Boone et al. 2002 (illegitimate name).
Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981.
Methanospirillaceae Boone et al. 2002.
Methanothermaceae Stetter et al. 1982.
Methermicoccaceae Cheng et al. 2007.
Methylobacteriaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984.
Methylocystaceae Bowman 2006.
Methylophilaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995.
Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).
Micromonosporaceae Krasil'nikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980).
Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997 (the family name Microsphaeraceae is illegitimate).
Mooreiaceae Choi et al. 2013.
Moraxellaceae Rossau et al. 1991.
Moritellaceae Ivanova et al. 2004.
Mycobacteriaceae Chester 1897 (Approved Lists 1980).
Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).
Myxococcaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Nakamurellaceae Tao et al. 2004.
Nannocystaceae Reichenbach 2006.
Natranaerobiaceae Mesbah et al. 2007.
Nautiliaceae Miroshnichenko et al. 2004
Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Nevskiaceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980).
Nitriliruptoraceae Sorokin et al. 2009.
Nitrobacteraceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).
Nitrosomonadaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Nitrospinaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Nocardiaceae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).
Nocardioidaceae Nesterenko et al. 1990.
Nocardiopsaceae Rainey et al. 1996.
Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005.
Oleiphilaceae Golyshin et al. 2002.
Oligosphaeraceae Qiu et al. 2013.
Opitutaceae Choo et al. 2007.
Orbaceae Kwong and Moran 2013.
Oscillochloridaceae Keppen et al. 2000.
Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980).
Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010.
Parachlamydiaceae Everett et al. 1999.
Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981.
Pasteuriaceae Laurent 1890 (Approved Lists 1980).
Patulibacteraceae Takahashi et al. 2006.
Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010.
Peredibacteraceae Piñeiro et al. 2008.
Phaselicystidaceae Garcia et al. 2009.
Phycisphaeraceae Fukunaga et al. 2010.
Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006.
Picrophilaceae Schleper et al. 1996.
Piscirickettsiaceae Fryer and Lannan 2005.
Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987.
Planococcaceae Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980).
Polyangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Porphyromonadaceae Krieg 2012.
Prevotellaceae Krieg 2012.
Prochloraceae (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986.
Prochlorotrichaceae Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989.
Promicromonosporaceae Rainey et al. 1997.
Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Pseudoalteromonadaceae Ivanova et al. 2004.
Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).
Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989.
Puniceicoccaceae Choo et al. 2007.
Psychromonadaceae Ivanova et al. 2004.
Pyrodictiaceae Burggraf et al. 1997.
Rarobacteraceae Stackebrandt and Schumann 2000.
Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980).
Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Rhodobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Rhodothermaceae Ludwig et al. 2012.
Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).
Rikenellaceae Krieg et al. 2012.
Roseiflexaceae Gupta et al. 2013.
Ruaniaceae Tang et al. 2010.
Rubritaleaceae Hedlund 2012.
Rubrobacteraceae Rainey et al. 1997.
Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010.
Sandaracinaceae Mohr et al. 2012.
Sanguibacteraceae Stackebrandt and Schumann 2000.
Saprospiraceae Krieg et al. 2012.
Schleiferiaceae Albuquerque et al. 2011.
Segniliparaceae Butler et al. 2005.
Shewanellaceae Ivanova et al. 2004.
Simkaniaceae Everett et al. 1999.
Simonsiellaceae Steed 1962 (Approved Lists 1980).
Sinobacteraceae Zhou et al. 2008.
Sneathiellaceae Kurahashi et al. 2008.
Solimonadaceae Losey et al. 2013.
Solirubrobacteraceae Stackebrandt 2005.
Sphaerobacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Sphingobacteriaceae Steyn et al. 1998.
Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000.
Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980).
Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980).
Spiroplasmataceae (ex Skripal' 1974) Skripal' 1983.
Spirosomaceae Larkin and Borrall 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Sporichthyaceae Rainey et al. 1997.
Sporolactobacillaceae Ludwig et al. 2010.
Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010.
Streptococcaceae Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).
Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980).
Streptosporangiaceae Goodfellow et al. 1990.
Succinivibrionaceae Hippe et al. 1999.
Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989.
Sutterellaceae Morotomi et al. 2011.
Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009.
Syntrophaceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Syntrophobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Syntrophomonadaceae Zhao et al. 1993.
Syntrophorhabdaceae Qiu et al. 2008.
Thermaceae Da Costa and Rainey 2002.
Thermithiobacillaceae Garrity et al. 2005.
Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006.
Thermoanaerobacteraceae Wiegel 2010.
Thermococcaceae Zillig et al. 1988.
Thermodesulfobacteriaceae Hatchikian et al. 2002.
Thermodesulfobiaceae Mori et al. 2004.
Thermofilaceae Burggraf et al. 1997.
Thermogemmatisporaceae Yabe et al. 2011.
Thermoleophilaceae Stackebrandt 2005.
Thermolithobacteraceae Sokolova et al. 2007.
Thermomicrobiaceae Garrity and Holt 2002.
Thermomonosporaceae Rainey et al. 1997.
Thermoplasmataceae Reysenbach 2002.
Thermoproteaceae Zillig and Stetter 1982.
Thermosporotrichaceae Yabe et al. 2010.
Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002.
Thioalkalispiraceae Mori et al. 2011.
Thiocapsaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005.
Treponemataceae Robinson 1948 (Approved Lists 1980).
Trueperaceae Rainey et al. 2005 (complete authorship reads Rainey, da Costa and Albuquerque).
Tsukamurellaceae Rainey et al. 1997.
Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996.
Vibrionaceae Véron 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
Victivallaceae Derrien et al. 2012.
Vitreoscillaceae Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980).
Waddliaceae Rurangirwa et al. 1999.
Xanthobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005.
Xanthomonadaceae Saddler and Bradbury 2005.
Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005.
Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008.
No validly published name.
Acetobactereae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).
Bacteroideae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).
Brevibacterieae Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980).
Brucelleae Murray 1948 (Approved Lists 1980).
Chromobacterieae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980).
Ehrlichieae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Erwinieae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980).
Escherichieae Bergey et al. 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).
Eubacterieae Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980).
Haemophileae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).
Lactobacilleae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980).
Micrococceae Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980).
Pasteurelleae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).
Proteeae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).
Pseudomonadeae Kluyver and Van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).
Rhizobieae Prévot 1948 (Approved Lists 1980).
Rickettsieae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Salmonelleae Kalz 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Serratieae Bergey et al. 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).
Spirilleae Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).
Staphylococceae Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980).
Streptococceae Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980).
Thiobacilleae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).
Wolbachieae Philip 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).
No validly published name.