Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms
CORRECTION
Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All
Living Organisms
Michael A. Ruggiero, Dennis P. Gordon, Thomas M. Orrell, Nicolas Bailly,
Thierry Bourgoin, Richard C. Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Michael D. Guiry, Paul
M. Kirk
There are a number of errors in Tables 1 and 2. Please see the corrected Tables 1 and 2 here.
The S1 Table Supporting Information file incorrectly spells "Pseudanabaenales” and is also
corrected here.
Table 1. List of ranks used in the hierarchy with the number of taxa per rank
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Citation: Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly
N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) Correction: A
Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms.
PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130114. doi:10.1371/journal.
pone.0130114
Rank
Number of Taxa
Superkingdom
2
Kingdom
7
Subkingdom
11
Infrakingdom
8
Superphylum
6
Phylum
96
Subphylum
60
Infraphylum
4
Superclass
12
Class
352
Subclass
145
Published: June 11, 2015
Infraclass
23
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Superorder
52
Order
1,468
Main ranks are in bold type; unnamed taxa are not counted.
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Table 2. Proposed hierarchical classification from superkingdom to order.
SUPERKINGDOM
PROKARYOTA
KINGDOM ARCHAEA [=
ARCHAEBACTERIA]
Phylum Crenarchaeota
Class “Aigarchaeota”
Order N.N. ("Ca. Caldiarchaeum")
Class “Korarchaeota”
Order N.N. ("Ca. Korarchaeum")
Class “Thaumarchaeota”
Order Cenarchaeales
Class Thermoprotei [= Crenarchaeota]
Order Acidilobales
Order Desulfurococcales
Order Fervidicoccales
Order Sulfolobales
Order Thermoproteales
Phylum Euryarchaeota
Class
Archaeoglobi
Order Archaeoglobales
Class
Halobacteria
Order Halobacteriales
Class Methanobacteria
Order Methanobacteriales
Class
Methanococci
Order Methanococcales
Class “Methanomicrobia”
Order Methanocellales
Order Methanomicrobiales
Order Methanosarcinales
Class
Methanopyri
Order Methanopyrales
Class “Nanohaloarchaea”
Order N.N. (e.g., "Ca. Nanosalinarum")
Class
Thermococci
Order Thermococcales
Class Thermoplasmata
Order Thermoplasmatales
KINGDOM BACTERIA [= EUBACTERIA]
SUBKINGDOM
NEGIBACTERIA
Phylum Acidobacteria
Class N.N. (Bryobacter)
Class
Acidobacteria
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Table 2. (Continued)
Order Acidobacteriales
Class
Holophagae
Order Acanthopleuribacterales
Order Holophagales
Phylum Aquificae
Class Aquificae
Order Aquificales
Phylum Armatimonadetes
Class Armatimonadia
Order Armatimonadales
Class Chthonomonadetes
Order Chthonomonadales
Class Fimbriimonadia
Order Fimbriimonadales
Phylum Bacteroidetes
Class Bacteroidia
Order Bacteroidales
Class Cytophagia
Order Cytophagales
Class
Flavobacteria
Order Flavobacteriales
Class Sphingobacteriia
Order Sphingobacteriales
Phylum
Caldiserica
Class Caldisericia
Order Caldisericales
Phylum
Chlamydiae
Class
Chlamydiae
Order Chlamydiales
Phylum Chlorobi
Class Chlorobea
Order Chlorobiales
Class
Ignavibacteria
Order Ignavibacteriales
Phylum Chrysiogenetes
Class Chrysiogenetes
Order Chrysiogenales
Phylum Cyanobacteria [= Cyanophyta]
Class Cyanophyceae [= Phycobacteria]
Order Chroococcales
Order Nostocales
Order Oscillatoriales
Order Pseudanabaenales
(Continued)
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Table 2. (Continued)
Order Synechococcales
Class Gloeobacteria [= Gloeobacterophyceae]
Order Gloeobacterales
Phylum Deferribacteres
Class Deferribacteres
Order Deferribacterales
Phylum Deinococcus-Thermus [= Hadobacteria]
Class Deinococci
Order Deinococcales
Order Thermales
Phylum
Dictyoglomi
Class
Dictyoglomia
Order Dictyoglomales
Phylum Elusimicrobia
Class
Elusimicrobia
Order Elusimicrobiales
Phylum Fibrobacteres
Class
Fibrobacteria
Order Fibrobacterales
Phylum Fusobacteria
Class
Fusobacteriia
Order Fusobacteriales
Phylum Gemmatimonadetes
Class
Gemmatimonadetes
Order Gemmatimonadales
Phylum Lentisphaerae
Class
Lentisphaeria
Order Lentisphaerales
Order Victivallales
Class
Oligosphaeria
Order Oligosphaerales
Phylum Nitrospira
Class "Nitrospira"
Order "Nitrospirales"
Phylum Planctomycetes
Class
Phycisphaerae
Order Phycisphaerales
Class
Planctomycea
Order Planctomycetales
Phylum Proteobacteria
(Continued)
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Table 2. (Continued)
Class Alphaproteobacteria
Order N.N. (e.g., Breoghania)
Order Caulobacterales
Order Kiloniellales
Order Kordiimonadales
Order Magnetococcales
Order “Parvularculales”
Order Rhizobiales
Order Rhodobacterales
Order Rhodospirillales
Order Rickettsiales
Order Sneathiellales
Order Sphingomonadales
Class Betaproteobacteria
Order N.N. (Chitinivorax)
Order Burkholderiales
Order Hydrogenophilales
Order Methylophilales
Order Neisseriales
Order Nitrosomonadales
Order "Procabacteriales"
Order Rhodocyclales
Class Deltaproteobacteria
Order N.N. (e.g., Deferrisoma)
Order Bdellovibrionales
Order Desulfarculales
Order Desulfobacterales
Order Desulfovibrionales
Order Desulfurellales
Order Desulfuromonadales
Order Myxococcales
Order Syntrophobacterales
Class Epsilonproteobacteria
Order Campylobacterales
Order Nautiliales
Class Gammaproteobacteria
Order N.N. (e.g., Alkalimonas)
Order Acidithiobacillales
Order Aeromonadales
Order Alteromonadales
Order Cardiobacteriales
Order Chromatiales
Order “Enterobacteriales”
Order Legionellales
Order Methylococcales
Order Oceanospirillales
Order Orbales
Order Pasteurellales
(Continued)
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Table 2. (Continued)
Order Pseudomonadales
Order “Salinisphaerales”
Order Thiotrichales
Order “Vibrionales”
Order Xanthomonadales
Class Zetaproteobacteria
Order Mariprofundales
Phylum Spirochaetae
Class
"Spirochaetes"
Order Spirochaetales
Phylum Synergistetes
Class Synergistia
Order Synergistales
Phylum Thermodesulfobacteria
Class Thermodesulfobacteria
Order Thermodesulfobacteriales
Phylum Thermotogae
Class
Thermotogae
Order Thermotogales
Phylum Verrucomicrobia
Class Opitutae
Order Opitutales
Order Puniceicoccales
Class Verrucomicrobiae
Order Verrucomicrobiales
SUBKINGDOM
POSIBACTERIA
Phylum Actinobacteria
Class
Actinobacteria
Order Acidimicrobiales
Order Actinomycetales
Order Bifidobacteriales
Order Coriobacteriales
Order Euzebyales
Order Gaiellales
Order Nitriliruptorales
Order Rubrobacterales
Order Solirubrobacterales
Order Thermoleophilales
Phylum Chloroflexi [= Chlorobacteria]
Class
Anaerolineae
Order Anaerolineales
Class Caldilineae
Order Caldilineales
(Continued)
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Table 2. (Continued)
Class
Chloroflexia
Order Chloroflexales
Order Herpetosiphonales
Class Dehalococcoidia
Order Dehalococcoidales
Class Ktedonobacteria
Order Ktedonobacterale (...truncated)
