Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes
William B Whitman editor Wolfgang Ludwig editor Noel R Krieg editor Aidan Parte editor Brian P Hedlund editor Bruce J Paster editor James T Staley editor Naomi Ward editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Published:24th Nov '10
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Includes a revised taxonomic outline for the phyla Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Chlamydiae, Spirochetes, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Acidobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Dictyoglomi, and Gemmatimonadetes based upon the SILVA project as well as a description of more than 153 genera in 29 families. Includes many medically important taxa.
From the reviews of the second edition:
“This latest instalment of the new Bergey’s adds to an encyclopaedic repository that provides an invaluable resource for all microbiologists, regardless of their areas of interest. … With its introductory material and indices, this volume approaches 1,000 pages, the quality of the content of which is consistently remarkably high throughout … and is illustrated with numerous phylogenetic trees and photographs. … should be available to all microbiology practitioners whether clinical, diagnostic, environmental or biotechnological, and in libraries for general consultation.” (Ann P. Wood, Microbiology Today, November, 2ISBN: 9781493937158
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 2573g
949 pages
2nd ed. 2010