Everything you need to know about Bergey’s manual. Some of the questions are as follows:- Q.1. Which points or steps one will keep in mind while using “Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology”? Ans. One will have to keep the following points in mind while using the Manual. Step 1: Whether your isolate is a Prokaryotic Microorganism or Eukaryotic Microorganism. Step [...]
The below mentioned article provides a note on history of Bergey's manual. The Society of American Bacteriologists presently known as the American Society of Microbiology began compiling the first edition of Bergey's Manual by appointing an editorial board with Dr David Hendricks Bergey as its Chairman. The other members of the board were Francis C. Harrison, Robert S. Breed, Bernard [...]
In this article we have discussed the standard publication of Bergey’s manual trust regarding Bergey’s classification of procaryotes. 1. 'Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology' published by Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, in four volumes. Each volume has several sections and each section contains a number of related genera. The four volumes provide information as categorized below: Volume I was published in [...]