Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology - BIOL 230 & 231: Microbiology - How to use Bergey’s Manual of Systematic and Determinative Bacteriology - Research Guides at Johnson County Community College

General Information

The 2nd edition of Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology details the classification and cultural characteristics of prokaryotes. The text is organized by molecular-based classification systems. Bergey's is necessary for any student who wishes to learn about a specific species, genus, family, or species or to know more about prokaryote taxonomy in general.

The 5-volume consists of:

Volume 1 (2001): The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic bacteria
Volume 2 (2005): The Proteobacteria—divided into three books:
- 2A: Introductory essays
- 2B: The Gammaproteobacteria
- 2C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilon-proteobacteria
Volume 3 (2009): The Firmicutes
Volume 4 (2011): The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes, Mollicutes, Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes
Volume 5 (in two parts) (2012): The Actinobacteria

Print Edition

Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology by George M. Garrity; Hans-Jürgen Busse (Editor); Michael Goodfellow (Editor); Peter Kämpfer (Editor); Wolfgang Ludwig (Editor); Aidan Parte (Managing editor); Ken-ichiro Suzuki (Editor); Martha E. Trujillo (Editor); William B. Whitman (Editor)
Call Number: QR 81 .B46 2001, volumes 1-5
ISBN: 9780387950433

This book is on course reserve at the 2nd floor library desk. It is available for 2 hour checkout and is available all hours the library is open.