Main description:

Bacteriologists from all levels of expertise and within all specialties rely on this Manual as one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works. Since publication of the first edition of the Systematics, the field has undergone revolutionary changes, leading to a phylogenetic classification of prokaryotes based on sequencing of the small ribosomal subunit. The list of validly named species has more than doubled since publication of the first edition, and descriptions of over 2000 new and realigned species are included in this new edition along with more in-depth ecological information about individual taxa and extensive introductory essays by leading authorities in the field.

Contents:

Volume 1 provides descriptions of 407 species in 157 genera, including 172 new or realigned species. History, Etymology, Polyphasic taxonomy, Probes, Phylogenetic backbone, Microbial ecology, Culture collections, Intellectual property, Using the Manual, Classification of Procaryotes, Preface to first BMDB, Preface to first BMSB, Numerical Taxonomy, Numerical Identification, Bacterial Nomenclature. Acidianus, Aeropyrum, Caldivirga, Desulfurococcaceae, Desulfurococcales, Desulfurococcus, Hyperthermus, Igneococcus, Melallosphaera, Pryodictiaceae, Pryodictium, Pyrobaculum, Pyrolobus, Staphylothermus, Stetteria, Stygiolobus, Sulfolobaceae, Sulfolobales, Sulfolobus, Sulfophobococcus, Sulfurisphaera, Sulfurococcus, Thermocladium, Thermodiscus, Thermofilaceae, Thermofilum, Thermoproteaceae, Thermoproteales, Thermoprotei, Thermoproteus, Thermosphaera, Archaeoglobaceae, Archaeoglobales, Archaeoglobi, Archaeoglobus, Ferroglobus, Haloarcula, Halobacteria (class), Halobacteriaceae, Halobacteriales, Halobacterium, Halobaculum, Halococcus, Haloferax, Halogeometricum, Halorubrum, Haloterrigena, Methanobacteria, Methanobacteriaceae, Methanobacteriales, Methanobacterium, Methanobrevibacter, Methanocalculus, Methanocaldococcaceae, Methanocaldococcus, Methanococcaceae, Methanococcales, Methanococci, Methanococcoides, Methanococcus, Methanocorpusculaceae, Methanocorpusculum, Methanoculleus, Methanofollis, Methanogenium, Methanohalobium, Methanohalophliis, Methanolacinia, Methanolobus, Methanomicrobiaceae, Methanomicrobiales, Methanomicrobium, Methanoplanus, Methanopyraceae, Methanopyrales, Methanopyri, Methanopyrus, Methanosaeta, Methanosaetaceae, Methanosalsum, Methanosarcina, Methanosarcinales, Methanosarcincaceae, Methanosphaera, Methanospirillaceae, Methanospirillum, Methanothermaceae, Methanothermobacter, Methanothermococcus, Methanothermus, Methanotorris, Natrialba, Natrinema, Natronobacterium, Natronococcus, Natronomonas, Natronorubrum, Picrophilaceae, Picrophilus, Pyrococcus, Taxonomy of Methanogens, Thermococci, Thermococcaceae, Thermococcales, Thermococcus, Thermoplasma (class), Thermoplasma (genus), Thermoplasmataceae, Thermoplasmatales, Aquifex, Aquificaceae, Aquificae (class), Aquificae (phylum), Aquificales, Calderobacterium, Coprothermobacter, Desulfurobacterium, Fervidobacterium, Geotoga, Hydrogenobacter, Hydrogenobacter acidophilus, Petrotoga, Thermocrinis, Thermodesulfobacteria, Thermodesulfobacteriaceae, Thermodesulfobacteriales, Thermodesulfobacterium, Thermosipho, Thermotoga, Thermotogaceae, Thermotogae, Thermotogales, Deinococcaceae, Deinococcales, Deinococci (class), Deinococcus, Meiothermus, Thermi, Thermales, Thermaceae, Thermus, Chrysiogetes, Chrysiogenales, Chrysiogenaceae, Chrysiogenes, Essay, Chloroflexi, Chloroflexus, Chloronema, Filamentous Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria, Heliothrix, Herpetosiphon, Herpetosiphonales, Oscillochloris, Thermomicrobia (class), Thermomicrobiales, Thermomicrobiaceae, Thermomicrobium, Nitrospira, Leptospirillum, Magnetobacterium, Thermodesulfovibrio, Oxygenic photosyn. Bacteria, Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria, General Characteristics, Phylogenetic relationships, Cyanobacteria I , Cyanobacteria II - Pleurocapsales, Cyanobacteria III - Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria IV, Cyanobacteria V - Stigonemateles , Green Sulfur Bacterium, Chlorobium, Ancalochloris, Chloroherpeton, Pelodictyon, Prosthecochloris, Addendum, Heliobacteriaceae, Heliobacterium, Heliobacillus, Heliophilum, Heliorestis, Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria.