Taxonomy Lineage

Lineage Browser

Walk upward from a selected taxon through the parent chain and jump back into the taxonomy browser at any step.

Selected Taxon

Mycobacterium diphtheriae

The lineage is ordered from the selected organism upward toward higher-level taxonomy.

Starting point: Mycobacterium diphtheriae
Level 1: Caseobacter (genus)
Level 2: Corynebacteriaceae (family)
Level 3: Corynebacterineae (suborder)
Level 4: Actinomycetales (order)
Level 5: Actinobacteridae (subclass)
Level 6: Actinobacteria (class) (class)
Level 7: 'Actinobacteria' (phylum)
Level 8: Bacteria (superkingdom)
Level 9: biota (no rank)
Level 10: all (no rank)