Bergey’s Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume Four The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes

Includes a revised taxonomic outline for the phyla Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Chlamydiae, Spirochetes, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Acidobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Dictyoglomi, and Gemmatimonadetes based upon the SILVA project as well as a description of more than 153 genera in 29 families. Includes many medically important taxa. Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi Road map of the phyla Bacteroidetes , Spirochaetes , Tenericutes ( Mollicutes ), Acidobacteria , Fibrobacteres , Fusobacteria , Dictyoglomi , Gemmatimonadetes , Lentisphaerae , Verrucomicrobia , Chlamydiae , and Planctomycetes ....Pages 1-19 Taxonomic outlines of the phyla Bacteroidetes , Spirochaetes , Tenericutes ( Mollicutes ), ­Acidobacteria , Fibrobacteres , Fusobacteria , ­Dictyoglomi , Gemmatimonadetes , Lentisphaerae , Verrucomicrobia , Chlamydiae , and Planctomycetes ....Pages 21-24 Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov.....Pages 25-469 Phylum XV. Spirochaetes Garrity and Holt 2001....Pages 471-566 Phylum XVI. Tenericutes Murray 1984a, 356 VP (Effective publication: Murray 1984b, 33.)....Pages 567-723 Phylum XVII. Acidobacteria phyl. nov.....Pages 725-735 Phylum XVIII. Fibrobacteres Garrity and Holt 2001....Pages 737-746 Phylum XIX. Fusobacteria Garrity and Holt 2001, 140....Pages 747-774 Phylum XX. Dictyoglomi phyl. nov.....Pages 775-780 Phylum XXI. Gemmatimonadetes Zhang, Sekiguchi, Hanada, Hugenholtz, Kim, Kamagata and Nakamura 2003, 1161 VP ....Pages 781-784 Phylum XXII. Lentisphaerae Cho, Vergin, Morris and Giovannoni 2004a, 1005 VP (Effective publication: Cho, Vergin, Morris and Giovannoni 2004b, 617.)....Pages 785-793 Phylum XXIII. Verrucomicrobia phyl. nov.....Pages 795-841 Phylum XXIV. Chlamydiae Garrity and Holt 2001....Pages 843-877 Phylum XXV. Planctomycetes Garrity and Holt 2001, 137 emend. Ward (this volume)....Pages 879-925 Back Matter....Pages 927-949 This volume includes numerous introductory chapters on the basic concepts and practice of prokaryotic taxonomy in addition to detailed descriptions of the Archaea, phototrophic bacteria and some very deep bacterial phyla. Introductory chapters include the topics of classification of prokaryotes, the concept of bacterial speciation, numerical and polyphasic taxonomy, bacterial nomenclature and the etymology of prokaryotic names, nucleic acid probes and their application in environmental microbiology, culture collections, and the intellectual property of prokaryotes. The first Road Map to the prokaryotes is included as well as an overview of the phylogenetic backbone and taxonomic framework for prokaryotic systematics. This volume also provides descriptions of 413 species in 165 genera that are assigned to the phyla Crenarchaeota, Euryarchaeota, Aquificae, Thermatogae, Thermodesulfobacteria, Deinococcus-Thermus, Chrysiogenetes, Chloroflexi, Thermomicrobia, Nitrospira, Deferribacteres, Cyanobacteria, and Chlorobi. In addition, the volume contains an introductory chapter to nonoxygenic, phototropic species of Bacteria belonging to the Proteobacteria and Firmicutes, which will be repeated in more detail in subsequent volumes. This manual is one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works in the field of prokaryotic systematics. It is undergoing an extensive revision that will ultimately culminate in a five volume second edition. Arrangement of the content of the second edition follows the now familiar and well regarded phylogeny of the 16S rRNA gene, yet retains much of the layout of the first edition. Volume 1, encompassing the Archaea, Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria was published in 2001. Work on volume 2, The Proteobacteria, has been completed. This culminates a four year effort by Bergey's Manual Trust and more than 150 internationally recognized authorities to provide a comprehensive view of the Proteobacteria, the largest prokaryotic phylum Includes a revised taxonomic outline for the phyla Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Chlamydiae, Spirochetes, Fibrobacters, Fusobacteria, Acidobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Dictyoglomi, and Gemmatomonadetes based upon the SILVA project as well as a description of more than 153 genera in 29 families. Includes many medically important taxa.