Identification flow charts 1 Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology All of the unknowns will fall into the following groups in Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (The pink book on the shelf in the laboratory). GROUP 4 Description: Gram Negative, Aerobic/Microaerophilic rods and cocci. Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Share to Tumblr.

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Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology is the main resource for determining the identity of prokaryotic organisms, emphasizing bacterial species, using every characterizing aspect.

The manual was published subsequent to the Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, though the latter is still published as a guide for identifying unknown bacteria.^[1] First published in 1923 by David Hendricks Bergey, it is used to classify bacteria based on their structural and functional attributes by arranging them into specific familial orders. However, this process has become more empirical in recent years.^[2]

The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea is a derived publication indexing taxon names from version two of the manual.^[3] It used to be available for free from the Bergey's manual trust website until September 2018.^[4]Michigan State University provides an alternative version that indexes NamesforLife records.^[5]

Organization[edit]

The change in volume set to 'Systematic Bacteriology' came in a new contract in 1980, whereupon the new style included 'relationships between organisms' and had 'expanded scope' overall. This new style was picked up for a four-volume set^[6] that first began publishing in 1984. The information in the volumes was separated as:

Volume 1 included information on all types of Gram-negative bacteria that were considered to have 'medical and industrial importance.' Volume 2 included information on all types of Gram-positive bacteria. Volume 3 deals with all of the remaining, slightly different Gram-negative bacteria, along with the Archaea. Volume 4 has information on filamentousactinomycetes and other, similar bacteria.^[7]

The current volumes differ drastically from previous volumes in that many higher taxa are not defined in terms of phenotype, but solely on 16S phylogeny, as is the case of the classes within Proteobacteria.^[8]

The current grouping is:

• Volume 1 (2001): The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria^[9]
• Volume 2 (2005): The Proteobacteria—divided into three books:
  • 2A: Introductory essays^[8]
  • 2B: The Gammaproteobacteria^[10]
  • 2C: Other classes of Proteobacteria^[11]
• Volume 3 (2009): The Firmicutes^[12]
• Volume 4 (2011): The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes^[13]
• Volume 5 (in two parts) (2012): The Actinobacteria^[14]

Bergey's manual of systematics of archaea and bacteria (2015), an online book, replaces the five-volume set.^[15]

Bergey's Manual Trust[edit]

Bergey's Manual Trust was established in 1936 to sustain the publication of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology and supplementary reference works. The Trust also recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to bacterial taxonomy by presentation of the Bergey Award and Bergey Medal, jointly supported by funds from the Trust and from Springer, the publishers of the Manual.

Bergey's Manual Trust and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. co-publish the online encyclopedia Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).

Critical reception[edit]

The Annals of Internal Medicine described the volumes as 'clearly written, precise, and easy to read' and 'particularly designed for those interested in taxonomy.'^[16]

Editions[edit]

Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology[edit]

• Bergey, D.H., Harrison, F.C., Breed, R.S., Hammer, B.W. & Huntoon, F.M. (eds., 1923). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 442 p.
• Bergey, D.H., Harrison, F.C., Breed, R.S., Hammer, B.W. & Huntoon, F.M. (eds., 1925). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 2nd ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 462 p.
• Bergey, D.H., Harrison, F.C., Breed, R.S., Hammer, B.W. & Huntoon, F.M. (eds., 1930). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 3rd., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 589 p.
• Bergey, D.H., Breed, R.S., Hammer, B.W., Huntoon, F.M., Murray, E.G.D. & Harrison, F.C. (eds., 1934). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 4th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore.
• Bergey, D.H., Breed, R.S., Murray, E.G.D. & Hitchens, A.P. (eds., 1939). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore.
• Breed, R.S., Murray, E.G.D. & Hitchens, A.P. (eds., 1948). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, [1].
• Breed, R.S., Murray, E.G.D. & Smith, N.R. (eds., 1957). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, [2].
• Buchanan, R.E. & Gibbons, N.R. (eds., 1974). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed., Williams & Wilkins. Baltimore.

Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 1st ed.[edit]

• Krieg, N.R. & Holt, J.G. (eds., 1984). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 1st ed., vol. 1, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore.
• Sneath, P.H.A., Mair, N.S., Sharpe, M.E. & Holt, J.G. (eds., 1986). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 1st ed., vol. 2, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore.
• Staley, J.T., Bryant, M.P., Pfennig, N. & Holt, J.G. (eds., 1989). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 1st ed., vol. 3, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore.
• Williams, S.T., Sharpe, M.E. & Holt, J.G. (eds., 1989). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 1st ed., vol. 4, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore.

Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed.[edit]

• Garrity, G.M., Boone, D.R. & Castenholz, R.W. (eds., 2001). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 1, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY
• Brenner, D.J., Krieg, N.R., Staley, J.T. & Garrity, G.M. (eds., 2005). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 2, parts A, B and C, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
• Vos, P., Garrity, G., Jones, D., Krieg, N.R., Ludwig, W., Rainey, F.A., Schleifer, K.-H. & Whitman, W.B. (eds., 2009). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 3, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
• Krieg, N.R., Ludwig, W., Whitman, W.B., Hedlund, B.P., Paster, B.J., Staley, J.T., Ward, N. & Brown, D. (eds., 2010). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 4, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
• Whitman, W.B., Goodfellow, M., Kämpfer, P., Busse, H.-J., Trujillo, M.E., Ludwig, W. & Suzuki, K.-i. (eds., 2012). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 5, parts A and B, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.

Other[edit]

• Buchanan, R.E., Holt, J.G. & Lessel Jr, E.F. (1966). Index Bergeyana: An Annotated Alphabetic Listing of Names of the Taxa of the Bacteria. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md.
• Holt, J.G. (ed., 1977). The Shorter Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md.
• Gibbons, N.E., Pattee, K.B. & Holt, J.G. (eds., 1981). Supplement to Index Bergeyana. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md.

References[edit]

1. ^Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Book Review Int. J. of Syst. Bact.; July 1985, p. 408
2. ^History of the ManualArchived December 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^Whitman WB, ed. (2015). 'Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea'. Bergey's manual of systematics of archaea and bacteria. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.bm00024. ISBN9781118960608.
4. ^Garrity, G.M.; Winters, M.; Kuo, A.W.; Searles, D.B. (2001). Taxonomic Outline of the Procaryotes, Release 1.0. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (Second ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 320. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22.
5. ^Garrity GM, Lilburn TG, Cole JR, Harrison SH, Euzeby J, Tindall BJ (2007). Lilburn T, Harrison S, Euzéby J, Tindall B (eds.). 'Taxonomic Outline of the Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7'. Michigan State University Board of Trustees. doi:10.1601/TOBA7.7.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. ^'The new format, which has an expanded scope and examines relationships between organisms (systematics), is called Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Work on the first volume in the four-volume sequence began in 1980 and was ...', 'Microbiology' by Daniel V. Lim, Kendall Hunt, 2003
7. ^'Bergey's Manuals', Understanding bacteria by Sheela Srivastava, Springer, 2003, Pg. 40
8. ^ ^abDon J. Brenner; Noel R. Krieg; James T. Staley (July 26, 2005) [1984(Williams & Wilkins)]. George M. Garrity (ed.). Introductory Essays. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2A (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. p. 304. ISBN978-0-387-24143-2. British Library no. GBA561951.
9. ^Boone, David R.; Castenholz, Richard W. (May 18, 2001) [1984(Williams & Wilkins)]. George M. Garrity (ed.). The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. pp. 721. ISBN978-0-387-98771-2. British Library no. GBA561951.
10. ^Don J. Brenner; Noel R. Krieg; James T. Staley (July 26, 2005) [1984(Williams & Wilkins)]. George M. Garrity (ed.). The Gammaproteobacteria. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2B (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. p. 1108. ISBN978-0-387-24144-9. British Library no. GBA561951.
11. ^Don J. Brenner; Noel R. Krieg; James T. Staley (July 26, 2005) [1984(Williams & Wilkins)]. George M. Garrity (ed.). The Proteobacteria. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2C (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. pp. 1388. ISBN978-0-387-24145-6. British Library no. GBA561951.
12. ^Vos, P.; Garrity, G.; Jones, D.; Krieg, N.R.; Ludwig, W.; Rainey, F.A.; Schleifer, K.-H.; Whitman, W.B. (September 15, 2009) [1984(Williams & Wilkins)]. George M. Garrity (ed.). The Firmicutes. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. p. 1450. ISBN978-0-387-95041-9. British Library no. GBA561951.
13. ^Krieg, N.R.; Ludwig, W.; Whitman, W.B.; Hedlund, B.P.; Paster, B.J.; Staley, J.T.; Ward, N.; Brown, D.; Parte, A. (November 24, 2010) [1984(Williams & Wilkins)]. George M. Garrity (ed.). The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 4 (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. p. 908. ISBN978-0-387-95042-6. British Library no. GBA561951.
14. ^Whitman, W.B.; Goodfellow, M.; Kämpfer, P.; Busse, H.-J.; Trujillo, M.E.; Ludwig, W.; Suzuki, K.-i.; Parte, A. (January 29, 2012) [1984(Williams & Wilkins)]. George M. Garrity (ed.). The Actinobacteria. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 4 (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. p. 1750. ISBN978-0-387-95043-3. British Library no. GBA561951.
15. ^Whitman WB, ed. (2015). Bergey's manual of systematics of archaea and bacteria. doi:10.1002/9781118960608. ISBN9781118960608.
16. ^'Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology', Book Reviews, Notes, and Listings, Annals of Internal Medicine

External links[edit]

Bergey's Manual of Systematic of Archaea and BacteriaFirst Edition

Editor(s):

This manual replaces and expands upon the second edition of Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, a 5-volume set completed in 2012. Please click on the BMSAB link for further details or in information on pricing and how to order.

Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB) is a reference work aimed at undergraduates, graduate students, researchers, professors and experienced professionals at all levels. About a hundred new genera and 600+ new species have been described per year for each of the last 5 years. To remain abreast of this explosion in knowledge of the microbial world, an electronic manual with frequent updates is necessary. The BMSAB is an essential tool for anyone at the forefront of research in microbiology. The digital edition provides up-to-date descriptions of the taxonomy, systematics, ecology, physiology and other biological properties of all named prokaryotic taxa.

Bergey's Manual of Systematic BacteriologySecond Edition

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The second edition is being published in 5 volumes - please click on the Volume links below for further details or to purchase the volume.

Bergey's Manual of Determinative BacteriologyNinth Edition

Editor-in-Chief: John G. Holt

Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology is a departure from past editions that attempted, usually inadequately, to combine systematic and determinative information. Systematic information will continue to be found in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, with the Determinative manual serving as a reference to aid in the identification of unknown bacteria.

The arrangement of the book is strictly phenotypic, with no attempt to offer a natural higher classification. The arrangement chosen is utilitarian and is intended to aid in the identification of bacteria. The bacteria are divided into 35 groups, which are comparable to the “Parts” in the eighth edition and the “Sections” in the Systematic volumes. These groups are not meant to be formal taxonomic ranks, but are a continuation of our tradition of dividing the bacteria into easily recognized phenotypic groups. We feel this arrangement is most useful for diagnostic purposes.

The book was compiled by abstracting the phenotypic information contained in the four volumes of Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Introductory material concerning identification and a key to the groups were added. The past decade has seen an explosion in the description of new taxa of bacteria. We have attempted to include as many of them as possible, but, in a manual of this type with its varied production schedule, not all of the new taxa could be included. For inclusion in this manual, we had to set a cut-off date of January, 1991, for valid publication. In some cases, we have been able to include more recent taxa and have taken their descriptions directly from the original publications.

Bergey's Manual of Systematic BacteriologyFirst Edition

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