Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 3: The Firmicutes

Brand: Springer

Author: Vos, Paul

Edition: 2nd

Number Of Pages: 1502

EAN: 9780387950419

Release Date: 15-09-2009

Languages: English

Binding: hardcover

Package Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.9 x 2.3 inches

Details: 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.