Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology

Author(s)

• Bergey, D. H. (David Hendricks)
• Holt, John G.

Bibliographic Information

Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology

[edited by] John G. Holt ... [et al.]

Williams & Wilkins, c1994

9th ed

Note

Rev. ed. of: Shorter Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology

Includes index

Imprint varies: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2000

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Based on the data contained in the four-volume Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, BMDB-9 also includes new genera and species, new combinations, and new taxa published through the January 1992 issue of the IJSB. Users will find short general descriptions that encompass all organisms by Groups; shape and size, Gram reaction, other pertinent morphological features, motility and flagella, relations to oxygen, basic type of metabolism, carbon and energy sources, habitat and ecology. BMDB-9 also includes discussions of difficulties in identification, keys or tables to genera and species, genus descriptions, synonyms, other nomenclatural changes, and numerous illustrations.

Table of Contents

• Using this manual
• the nature of bacterial identification schemes
• procaryote or eucaryote?
• the four major categories of bacteria
• groups within the four major categories of bacteria.

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Details

• NCID: BA21084294
• ISBN:
  • 9780683006032
• LCCN: 93008438
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 787 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • NLM : QW15
  • LCC : QR81
  • DC20 : 589.9/0012
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Bacteriology -- Classification
  • LCSH : Bacteriology -- Terminology
  • MESH : Bacteriology -- classification
  • MESH : Bacteriology -- terminology