KEGG Organism and Virus Groups| Top | NCBI Taxonomy | ||
| Animals | Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa |
| Fungi | Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Fungi |
| Protists | Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | (other) |
| Plants | Eukaryota | Viridiplantae | |
| Plants | Eukaryota | Rhodophyta | |
| Protists | Eukaryota | (other) | |
| Bacteria | Bacteria | ||
| Archaea | Archaea | ||
Animals
| Top | Second | NCBI Taxonomy | |||||
| kingdom | phylum | class | |||||
| Animals | Mammals | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Deuterostomia (Deuterostomes) |
Chordata (Chordates) |
Vertebrata (Vertebrates) |
Mammalia |
| Birds | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Deuterostomia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | |
| Reptiles | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Deuterostomia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Lepidosauria, etc. | |
| Amphibians | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Deuterostomia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Amphibia | |
| Fishes | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Deuterostomia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Actinopteri, etc. | |
| other Vertebrates | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Deuterostomia | Chordata | Vertebrata | (other) | |
| other Chordates | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Deuterostomia | Chordata | (other) | ||
| other Deuterostomes | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Deuterostomia | (other) | |||
| Insects | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Protostomia (Protostomes) |
Ecdysozoa | Arthropoda (Arthropods) |
Insecta | |
| other Arthropods | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Protostomia | Ecdysozoa | Arthropoda | (other) | |
| other Ecdysozoa | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Protostomia | Ecdysozoa | (other) | ||
| other Protostomes | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Protostomia | (other) | |||
| other Eumetazoa | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | (other) | ||||
| other Metazoa | Metazoa | (other) | |||||
Plants
| Top | Second | NCBI Taxonomy | ||||||
| kingdom | phylum | class | ||||||
| Plants | Eudicots | Viridiplantae | Streptophyta (Green plants) |
Embryophyta (Land plants) |
Tracheophyta (Vascular plants) |
Spermatophyta (Seed plants) |
Magnoliopsida (Flowering plants) |
eudicotyledons, etc. |
| Monocots | Viridiplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | Tracheophyta | Spermatophyta | Magnoliopsida | Liliopsida | |
| other Core angiosperms | Viridiplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | Tracheophyta | Spermatophyta | Magnoliopsida | Magnoliidae | |
| Basal angiosperms | Viridiplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | Tracheophyta | Spermatophyta | Magnoliopsida | Amborellales, etc. | |
| other Seed plants | Viridiplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | Tracheophyta | Spermatophyta | (other) | ||
| other Vascular plants | Viridiplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | Tracheophyta | (other) | |||
| other Land plants | Viridiplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | (other) | ||||
| Green algae | Viridiplantae | Chlorophyta (Green algae) |
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| Red algae | - | Rhodophyta | ||||||
Fungi
| Top | Second | NCBI Taxonomy | |
| kingdom | phylum | ||
| Fungi | Ascomycetes | Fungi | Ascomycota |
| Basidiomycetes | Fungi | Basidiomycota | |
| Fungi incertae sedis | Fungi | Microsporidia | |
| Fungi | Mucoromycota | ||
Protists
| Top | Second | NCBI Taxonomy | ||
| Protist | other Opisthokonta | Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | (other) |
| Amoebozoa | Eukaryota | Amoebozoa | ||
| Alveolates | Eukaryota | Sar | Alveolata | |
| Stramenopiles | Eukaryota | Sar | Stramenopiles | |
| Euglenozoa | Eukaryota | Discoba | Euglenozoa | |
| Heterolobosea | Eukaryota | Discoba | Heterolobosea | |
| Metamonada | Eukaryota | Metamonada | ||
| other Eukaryota | Eukaryota | (other) | ||
Bacteria
| Top | Second | NCBI Taxonomy | |||
| kigdom | phylum | class | order | ||
| Bacteria | Enterobacteria | Pseudomonadati | Pseudomonadota | Gammaproteobacteria | Enterobacterales |
| other Gammaproteobacteria | Pseudomonadati | Pseudomonadota | Gammaproteobacteria | (other) | |
| Betaproteobacteria | Pseudomonadati | Pseudomonadota | Betaproteobacteria | ||
| Alphaproteobacteria | Pseudomonadati | Pseudomonadota | Alphaproteobacteria | ||
| other Pseudomonadota | Pseudomonadati | Pseudomonadota | (other) | ||
| Campylobacterota | Pseudomonadati | Campylobacterota | |||
| Thermodesulfobacteriota | Pseudomonadati | Thermodesulfobacteriota | |||
| Myxococcota | Pseudomonadati | Myxococcota | |||
| Bdellovibrionota | Pseudomonadati | Bdellovibrionota | |||
| Thermomicrobiota | Pseudomonadati | Thermomicrobiota | |||
| Thermodesulfobiota | Pseudomonadati | Thermodesulfobiota | |||
| Chlamydiota | Pseudomonadati | Chlamydiota | |||
| Verrucomicrobiota | Pseudomonadati | Verrucomicrobiota | |||
| Planctomycetota | Pseudomonadati | Planctomycetota | |||
| Kiritimatiellota | Pseudomonadati | Kiritimatiellota | |||
| Lentisphaerota | Pseudomonadati | Lentisphaerota | |||
| Omnitrophota | Pseudomonadati | Candidatus Omnitrophota | |||
| Spirochaetota | Pseudomonadati | Spirochaetota | |||
| Acidobacteriota | Pseudomonadati | Acidobacteriota | |||
| Elusimicrobiota | Pseudomonadati | Elusimicrobiota | |||
| Fibrobacterota | Pseudomonadati | Fibrobacterota | |||
| Gemmatimonadota | Pseudomonadati | Gemmatimonadota | |||
| Bacteroidota | Pseudomonadati | Bacteroidota | |||
| Chlorobiota | Pseudomonadati | Chlorobiota | |||
| Rhodothermota | Pseudomonadati | Rhodothermota | |||
| Ignavibacteriota | Pseudomonadati | Ignavibacteriota | |||
| Balneolota | Pseudomonadati | Balneolota | |||
| Cloacimonadota | Pseudomonadati | Candidatus Cloacimonadota | |||
| Aquificota | Pseudomonadati | Aquificota | |||
| Thermosulfidibacterota | Pseudomonadati | Thermosulfidibacterota | |||
| Coprothermobacterota | Pseudomonadati | Coprothermobacterota | |||
| Caldisericota | Pseudomonadati | Caldisericota | |||
| Chrysiogenota | Pseudomonadati | Chrysiogenota | |||
| Deferribacterota | Pseudomonadati | Deferribacterota | |||
| Calditrichota | Pseudomonadati | Calditrichota | |||
| Dictyoglomota | Pseudomonadati | Dictyoglomota | |||
| Nitrospirota | Pseudomonadati | Nitrospirota | |||
| Nitrospinota | Pseudomonadati | Nitrospinota | |||
| Atribacterota | Pseudomonadati | Atribacterota | |||
| Deltaproteobacteria | - | Deltaproteobacteria | |||
| Bacilli | Bacillati | Bacillota | Bacilli | ||
| Clostridia | Bacillati | Bacillota | Clostridia | ||
| other Bacillota | Bacillati | Bacillota | (other) | ||
| Mycoplasmatota | Bacillati | Mycoplasmatota | |||
| Actinomycetota | Bacillati | Actinomycetota | |||
| Cyanobacteria | Bacillati | Cyanobacteriota | |||
| Bacillati | Candidatus Melainabacteria | ||||
| Chloroflexota | Bacillati | Chloroflexota | |||
| Armatimonadota | Bacillati | Armatimonadota | |||
| Vulcanimicrobiota | Bacillati | Vulcanimicrobiota | |||
| Deinococcota | Thermotogati | Deinococcota | |||
| Synergistota | Thermotogati | Synergistota | |||
| Thermotogota | Thermotogati | Thermotogota | |||
| Fusobacteriota | Fusobacteriati | Fusobacteriota | |||
| Bacteria incertae sedis | |||||
| unclassified Bacteria | |||||
Common names: Bacillati (Terrabacteria group)
Other names: Chlamydiota - Omnitrophota (PVC group), Fibrobacterota - Cloacimonadota (FCB group)
Archaea
| Top | Second | NCBI Taxonomy | |
| kingdom | phylum | ||
| Archaea | Methanobacteriota | Methanobacteriati | Methanobacteriota |
| Thermoplasmatota | Methanobacteriati | Thermoplasmatota | |
| Thermoproteota | Thermoproteati | Thermoproteota | |
| Nitrososphaerota | Thermoproteati | Nitrososphaerota | |
| Bathyarchaeota | Thermoproteati | Candidatus Bathyarchaeota | |
| Nanobdellota | Nanobdellati | Nanobdellota | |
| Micrarchaeota | Nanobdellati | Candidatus Micrarchaeota | |
| Nanohalarchaeota | Nanobdellati | Candidatus Nanohalarchaeota | |
| Woesearchaeota | Nanobdellati | Candidatus Woesearchaeota | |
| Promethearchaeota | Promethearchaeati | Promethearchaeota | |
| Odinarchaeota | Promethearchaeati | Candidatus Odinarchaeota | |
| unclassified Archaea | |||
Other names: Methanobacteriota (Euryarchaeota), Thermoproteota (Crenarchaeota), Nanobdellota (Nanoarchaeota), Promethearchaeota (Lokiarchaeota)
Common names: Thermoproteati (TACK group), Nanobdellati (DPANN group), Promethearchaeati (Asgard group)
| Top | Third by taxonomic rank | |||
| Animals | order | |||
| Plants | family | |||
| Fungi | class | |||
| Protists | class | |||
| Bacteria | genus | |||
| Archaea | genus | |||
These are the default. There are exceptions.
| Top | Second | Third | ICTV Taxonomy | |||||
| Viruses | Riboviria | dsDNA-RT | Riboviria | Pararnavirae | Artverviricota | Revtraviricetes | Blubervirales | |
| Riboviria | ssRNA-RT | Riboviria | Pararnavirae | Artverviricota | Revtraviricetes | Ortervirales | ||
| Riboviria | dsDNA-RT | Riboviria | Pararnavirae | Artverviricota | Revtraviricetes | Ortervirales | Caulimoviridae | |
| Riboviria | dsRNA | Riboviria | Orthornavirae | Duplornaviricota | Duplopiviricetes | |||
| Riboviria | dsRNA | Riboviria | Orthornavirae | Duplornaviricota | Duplopiviricetes | |||
| Riboviria | +ssRNA | Riboviria | Orthornavirae | Pisuviricota | Duplopiviricetes | Durnavirales | Hypoviridae | |
| Riboviria | +ssRNA | Riboviria | Orthornavirae | Pisuviricota | Duplopiviricetes | Durnavirales | Fusariviridae | |
| Riboviria | +ssRNA | Riboviria | Orthornavirae | Pisuviricota | Pisoniviricetes | |||
| Riboviria | +ssRNA | Riboviria | Orthornavirae | Pisuviricota | Stelpaviricetes | |||
| Riboviria | +ssRNA | Riboviria | Orthornavirae | Kitrinoviricota | ||||
| Riboviria | +ssRNA | Riboviria | Orthornavirae | Lenarviricota | ||||
| Riboviria | -ssRNA | Riboviria | Orthornavirae | Negarnaviricota | ||||
| Ribozyviria | -ssRNA | Ribozyviria | ||||||
| Duplodnaviria | dsDNA | Duplodnaviria | ||||||
| Adnaviria | dsDNA | Adnaviria | ||||||
| Varidnaviria | dsDNA | Varidnaviria | ||||||
| Varidnaviria | ssDNA | Varidnaviria | Bamfordvirae | Preplasmiviricota | Ainoaviricetes | |||
| Monodnaviria | ssDNA | Monodnaviria | ||||||
| Monodnaviria | dsDNA | Monodnaviria | Shotokuvirae | Cossaviricota | Papovaviricetes | |||