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

purple sulfur bacteria <Ectothiorhodospiraceae>

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

Level 1: 'Chromatiales' (order)
Level 2: 'Gammaproteobacteria' (class)
Level 3: 'Proteobacteria' (phylum)
Level 4: Bacteria (superkingdom)
Level 5: biota (no rank)
Level 6: all (no rank)