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Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology has been the major provider of an outline of bacterial systematics since it was initiated in 1923 and has provided a resource ever since to workers at the bench who need to identify bacterial isolates and recognize new species. It originated in the Society of American Bacteriologists (SAB) but it has since become a truly international enterprise directed by an independent Trust which was founded in 1936. It has gone through nine editions and has generated, as a more comprehensive resource, a unique compendium on bacterial systematics, Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (Holt et al., 1984–1989), which now enters its second edition.
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Murray, R.G.E., Holt, J.G. (2001). The History of Bergey’s Manual . In: Boone, D.R., Castenholz, R.W., Garrity, G.M. (eds) Bergey’s Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21609-6_1
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