Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
Volume 3: The Firmicutes
Editors: Vos, P., Garrity, G., Jones, D., Krieg, N.R., Ludwig, W., Rainey, F.A., Schleifer, K.-H., Whitman, W. (Eds.)
- An extensive revision of one of the most authoritative works in bacterial taxonomy
- Reorganized along phylogenetic lines to reflect the current state of prokaryotic taxonomy
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- About this book
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Includes a revised taxonomic outline for the Firmicutes based upon the SILVA project as well as a description of more than 1346 species and 235 genera belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, which are also called the low mol% G+C Gram positive prokaryotes. Major taxa to be included are Alicyclobacillus, Bacillus, Clostridium, Enterococcus, Erysipelothrix, Eubacterium, Haloanaerobium, Heliobacterium, Lachnospira, Lactobacillus, Leuconostoc, Listeria, Paenibacillus, Peptococcus, Ruminococcus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Syntrophomonas, Thermoactinomyces, Thermoanaerobacter, Veillonella and 229 additional genera. Includes many medically and industrially important taxa.
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From the reviews of the second edition: “This is the latest massive tome of the new Bergey, and deals exclusively with the Phylum Firmicutes, the low G+C Gram-positive bacteria … . an essential purchase for University and Technical libraries and larger institutional departments. … Its readership has to be all microbiologists, molecular biologists and medical and environmental researchers … .” (Ann P. Wood, Microbiology Today, August, 2010)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
- Book Subtitle
- Volume 3: The Firmicutes
- Editors
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- Paul Vos
- George Garrity
- Dorothy Jones
- Noel R. Krieg
- Wolfgang Ludwig
- Fred A. Rainey
- Karl-Heinz Schleifer
- William Whitman
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Distribution Rights
- Distribution rights for India: CBS Publishers, New Delhi, India
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-387-95041-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4939-7915-8
- Edition Number
- 2
- Number of Pages
- LII, 1450
- Additional Information
- Originally published by Williams & Wilkins, 1984
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