Biology 220 Microbiology (Arnold)
Bergey's Manual
Systematic Bacteriology by Call Number: REF QR81 .B46 2001ISBN: 0387987711Publication Date: 2001-05-18Bacteriologists from all levels of expertise and within all specialties rely on this Manual as one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works. Since publication of the first edition of the Systematics, the field has undergone revolutionary changes, leading to a phylogenetic classification of prokaryotes based on sequencing of the small ribosomal subunit. The list of validly named species has more than doubled since publication of the first edition, and descriptions of over 2000 new and realigned species are included in this new edition along with more in-depth ecological information about individual taxa and extensive introductory essays by leading authorities in the field.
The 5-volume set consists of the following:
- Volume 1: The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria (also includes the road map to the manual)
- Volume 2: The Proteobacteria--divided into three books:
- 2A: Introductory essays
- 2B: The Gammaproteobacteria
- 2C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilon-Proteobacteria (the library does not have this volume)
- Volume 3: The Firmicutes
- Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomyctes
- Volume 5 (in two parts): The Actinobacteria
How to Use the Manual
The following video is from Skyline College and refers to an assignment that they are working on. The directions that the instructor (Kim Lim) provides are helpful, though, for your assignment. She discusses specifically how to use the Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology.
While the video above will show you how to use the manual, you can also use the steps below to help you with the process.
- Locate Volume 1 of the manual set
- Find Table 2: The Road Map to the Manual (pp. 142-155)
- Locate the genus from the alphabetical list. You will notice additional information such as the phylum, class, and volume.
- Find the volume listed with your chosen genus
- Once you have located the correct volume, turn to the "Index of Scientific Names of Archea and Bacteria" in the back of the volume and then turn to the bolded page number.