A Classification of the Bacteria

These 400 pages are reserved for a complete classification of the bacteria for non-professionals.

This section undertakes to present a somewhat simplified classification of all the known bacteria to give the advanced high school student or amateur a good overview of the genera of known bacteria. on a semi-professional level. When completed, this should give the serious college student a good understanding of the bacteria with emphasis on the overall picture and most important species.

I hope to keep it simple enough for students, farmers, and others to benefit. It is intended for such people. The professionals have their own reference books. These pages can never replace those books. This section is intended for those who do not have any reference books.

The Bergey Classification of Bacteria
Bergey Division I = The Cyanobacteria (formerly the blue-green alga) - These bacteria can use light as their energy source under aerobic conditions. The use carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.
Bergey Division II = The Bacteria (includes the photobacteria and all other classical bacteria) - See the 19 parts below.
Archeobacteria = in the 8th Edition (1974) the archeobacteria were mixed within the 19 parts of the book. I have not yet decided how to handle these bacteria.
The Bergey Classification of Bacteria into 19 parts.
Phototrophic Bacteria: Rhodospirillum - Rhodopseudomonas - Chromatium
Gliding Bacteria: Myxococcus - Beggiatoa - Simonsiella - Leucothrix
Sheathed Bacteria: Sphaerotilus - Leptothrix
Budding / Appendaged Bacteria: Caulobacter - Gallionella
Spirochetes: Spirochaeta - Treponema - Borrelia
Spiral and Curved Bacteria: Spirillum - Auqaspirillum - Oceanospirillum - Bdellovibrio
Gram-negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci: Pseudomonas - Xanthanomonas - Zoogloea - Gluconobacter - Azotobacter - Rhizobium - Agrobacterium - Halobacterium - Acetobacter
Gram-Negative Facultative Anaerobic Rods: Escherichia - Citrobacter - Salmonella - Shigella - Klebsiella - Enterobacter - Serratia - Proteus - Yersinia - Erwinia - Vibrio - Aeromonas - Zymomonas - Chromobacterium - Flavobacterium -
Gram-negative anaerobes: Bacteriodes - Fusobacterium - Desulfovibrio - Succinimonas
Gram-Negative cocci: Nisseria - Branhamella - Acinetobacter - Paracoccus
Gram-negative anaerobic cocci: Veillonella - Acidaminococcus
Gram-Negative Chemolithotrophic: Nitrobacter - Thiobacillus - Siderocapsa
Methane producing:
Gram-Positive Cocci: Micrococcus - Staphylococcus - Streptococcus - Leuconostoc - Pediococcus - Aerococcus - Peptococcus - Ruminococcus - Sarcina
Endospore-forming Rods and cocci: Bacillus - Clostridium - Sporosarcina
Gram-positive, non-sporing rods: Lactobacillus - Listeria - Erysipelothrix - Caryophanon
Actinomycetes and Related: Corynebacterium - Arthobacter - Brevibacterium - Cellumonas - Kurthia - Propionibacterium - Eubacterium - Actinomyces - Archina - Bifidiobacterium - Rothia - Mycobacterium - Frankia - Streptosporangia - Nocardia - Streptomyces - Streptoverticillium - Micromonospora
Rickettsias: Rickettsia - Erhlichia - Wollbachia - Bartonella - Chlamydia
Mycoplasmas: Mycoplasma - Acoleplasma - Thermplasma - Spiroplasma
B800 - Medical bacteriology; move pathogenic discussions here - not ready (incomplete)

Introduction to bacteria pathogenic to humans- Required reading for safety
B801 - First micro safety page for beginners - required reading for safety
B802 - Safety page for High School and Begin College students
B??? - lists of pathogenic bacteria class 1,2,3, 0=no report of disease
B0?? - The pathogenic bacteria: disease causing bacteria, plants and animals, microbiol. safety