Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the first edition
- Postscript
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Classification and nomenclature
- 2 Culture media: constituents and sterilization
- 3 Principles of isolation
- 4 Bacterial characters and characterization
- 5 Theory and practice of bacterial identification
- 6 Characters of Gram-positive bacteria
- 7 Characters of Gram-negative bacteria
- 8 Taxonomy in theory and practice
- 9 Bacterial identification by cards
- 10 Bacterial identification by computer
- 11 Quality control in microbiology
- Appendices
- A Preparation and control of culture media
- B Staining: reagents and methods
- C Characterization tests
- D Test organisms
- E Preparation and use of Identicards
- F Use of computers
- G The Bacteriological Code
- H The Approved Lists of Bacterial Names
- I Reconciliation of Approaches to Bacterial Systematics
- J Glossary
- References
- Index
I - Reconciliation of Approaches to Bacterial Systematics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the first edition
- Postscript
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Classification and nomenclature
- 2 Culture media: constituents and sterilization
- 3 Principles of isolation
- 4 Bacterial characters and characterization
- 5 Theory and practice of bacterial identification
- 6 Characters of Gram-positive bacteria
- 7 Characters of Gram-negative bacteria
- 8 Taxonomy in theory and practice
- 9 Bacterial identification by cards
- 10 Bacterial identification by computer
- 11 Quality control in microbiology
- Appendices
- A Preparation and control of culture media
- B Staining: reagents and methods
- C Characterization tests
- D Test organisms
- E Preparation and use of Identicards
- F Use of computers
- G The Bacteriological Code
- H The Approved Lists of Bacterial Names
- I Reconciliation of Approaches to Bacterial Systematics
- J Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
In Section 8.4 we discussed briefly the impact of numerical taxonomy and the newer genetic techniques for measuring bacterial relatedness and evolutionary divergence on traditional classification and nomenclature as used in this Manual. Because of their fundamental significance for taxonomy in the future we reproduce in full, with permission from the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology, the report of the ad hoc committee set up to consider the various approaches to bacterial systematics and their relationship to each other published in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology by Wayne et al. (1987) on behalf of the International Union [formerly Association] of Microbiological Societies.
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Reconciliation of Approaches to Bacterial Systematics
L. G. WAYNE, D. J. BRENNER, R. R. COLWELL, P. A. D. GRIMONT, O. KANDLER, M. I. KRICHEVSKY, L. H. MOORE, W. E. C. MOORE, R. G. E. MURRAY, E. STACKEBRANDT, M. P. STARR, AND H. G. TRUPER.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993