cynthia wang wrote:
>> While digging into some old cultures left by former
> employees/projects I saw some invalid names such as
> Aerobacter. A search over the catalog of WMDC led to many
> more invalid names. How do I relate these names to new, valid
> ones? Is there a manual?
Bergey's Manuals are considered by many to be the definitive
taxonomic and nomenclatural reference for bacteria. Bergey's
Manual of Determinative Bacteriology is more recent (1994) but
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (4 volumes) is more
detailed. A description of the contents can be found at the
Bergey's Trust home page: http://server.mph.msu.edu/bergeys/
The publisher is Williams & Wilkins; refer to
http://www.wwilkins.com/books/microbiology.html
You may also be interested in an inexpensive, handy desk
reference for names, also published by Williams & Wilkins,
"Bergey's Bacteria Words." Soon a database containing bacterial
names will be available also at the Bergey's Trust homepage.
--
David R. Boone, Professor of Environmental Microbiology
Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland; 503-690-1146
boone at ese.ogi.edu; http://www.ese.ogi.edu/ese_docs/boone.html
