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BIOL 230 & 231: Microbiology - How to use Bergey’s Manual of Systematic and Determinative Bacteriology

Getting Started

  1. Use Bergey's Determinative (ie the pink volumes) to determine which organism you have.
  2. Find your organism in Systematic to learn about the organism itself.

Helpful Hint: Read the pages titled "on Using the Manual" found at the beginning of each volume

Credit

Thank you the librarians at Ventura College in Ventura, California, for the use of their content in creating this guide. The original guide this content is based off of is located at:  https://libguides.venturacollege.edu/bergey .