Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (Volume 2, Parts A–C, 2nd Edition)

Edited by George Garrity. Copyright 2001–2005©Bergey's Manual Trust. Springer Verlag Science & Business Media. Printed in the USA. Bergey's Manual© is the registered trademark of Bergey's Manual Trust. Part A: ISBN-10: 0-387-24143-4: ISBN-13: 978-0387-24143-2. Part B: ISBN-10: 0-387-24144-2; ISBN-13: 978-0387-24144-9. Part C: ISBN-10: 0-387-24145-0; ISBN-13: 978-0387-24145-6. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology is an institute rather than a thematic book. The first versions of this magnificent work were published as Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology in the 1920s. This book, initiated by the Society of American Bacteriologists, has gone through nine editions and helped to initiate the development and production of the first edition of the Manual of Systematic Bacteriology in the late 1980s (Holt et al. , 1983–1989). Hundreds of authors were involved in the production of this multivolume set of books and many of …