Characteristics differentiating the species of the Genus Staphylococcus as excerpted from Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 2 pages 1016 - 1017. Saccharolyticus S. Saprophyticus S. The Bergey’s manual of determinative bacteriology. It has been a widely used reference since the publication of the first edition in 1923. Multiple editions of Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, published between 1923 and 1994, organized bacteria in groups by phenotypic characteristics, with no attempt to sort out higher phylogenetic relationships. The organization of Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology makes it impractical for helping place unknown bacteria into major taxa, but it contains far more detail on the families, genera, and species and is far more up to date than the Determinative manual. You will need to consult this information in order to double check and finalize. This series of lecture is about Bergy's manual of systemic bacteriology. The study materials here-http://shomusbiology.com/. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th Edition, 1994) is an aid to the identification of bacterial species, whereas Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (2nd Edition, 5 Volumes, 2001–2012) includes comprehensive descriptions of established taxa 16,17.
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 1984 edition, 4 volumes.
Purpose: classification, cultural characteristics, diseases (see Bergey's Determinative for primary identification).
Bergey's Manual Chart
Master index: Located in volume 4. Indexes in volumes 1, 2, and 3 refer only to species found in those volumes.
The page or pages specifically devoted to a certain genus or species are in bold face print. Pages not in bold may only refer to a genus or species in a list or footnote or by comparison.
Bacteria are mostly in the same order as Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, except that the Tenericutes (Mycoplasmas) have been moved ahead of the Firmicutes, and the Actinobacteria are separated into the last volume.
Indexes list bacteria in alphabetical order both by...
- Generic name (e.g., Escherichia) with genus description first and then separate listings for each species, alphabetically.
- Specific epithet. Note: all species with the 2nd name “coli” are listed in the following manner:
- Bacillus coli – no longer considered a valid species name; rather this is a former name (“synonym”) of E. coli.
- Campylobacter coli.
- Escherichia coli (E. coli).
- Vibrio coli – no longer a valid species name; a former name of Campylobacter coli.
Thus, looking under Bacillus coli or Vibrio coli will tell you nothing new – you can tell which name is still in valid use by whether or not some of the page numbers are in bold-face print.
Bergey's Manual Identification Chart
Volume contents:
- Spirochetes (Borrelia, Treponema), Gram-negative bacteria, Rickettsias and Chlamydias, and Mycoplasmas, pgs. 1-964.
- Firmicutes (Gram-positive bacteria), pp. 965-1600.
- Variety of bacteria including photosynthetic species, nitrifying bacteria, budding bacteria, and archaea, pgs. 1601-2298. Few of these cause human disease.
- Actinobacteria (formerly actinomycetes), pgs. 2299-2648. Some species are of medical interest as producers of antibiotics; only significant disease organism is Nocardia (updated from section 17 in volume 2).
Bergey's Manual Chart
Note: Some bacteria may not appear in any volume. For example, Helicobacter pylori (misspelled as Heliobacter on some copies) is a species that was not known to science until after this edition was published. Thus, you will not be able to find any information on it in the 1984 Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology and will need to consult the 2001 edition.