HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM DEINOCOCCOBACTERIA (MARGULIS AND SCHWARTZ 1998)

EUBACTERIA> FIRMICUTAE> DEINOCOCCOBACTERIA

This system follows Margulis and Schwartz (1998) and Garrity et al. (2001 and 2003).

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