John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced a new partnership with Bergey’s
Manual Trust, which will see Wiley publish Bergey’s Manual of
Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB) from 2014. Bergey’s is
recognized as the most complete and authoritative description of
bacterial and archaeal diversity available, and this partnership will
see the new third edition published electronically for the first time.
The digital third edition will provide up-to-date descriptions of the
taxonomy, systematics, ecology, physiology and other biological
properties of all named prokaryotic taxa. The new edition replaces and
expands upon the second edition of Bergey’s Manual of Systematic
Bacteriology, completed in 2012.
BMSAB will be available via Wiley Online Library, which, with over 1,500
journals and over 14,000 online books, is the world's broadest and
deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering the
sciences and humanities. Individual volumes of BMSAB will also be made
available in e-book format.
Since its formation in 1936, Bergey’s Manual Trust has worked to provide
comprehensive and authoritative descriptions of bacteria and archaea
through the publication of its Manuals on determinative and systematic
bacteriology.
The result of collaboration between the trustees and hundreds of
microbiologists from all over the world, the Manuals provide a natural
classification of prokaryotes that reflects their evolutionary history
and extensive descriptive information on the taxonomy, systematics,
physiology, ecology and habitats of individual prokaryotic groups.
An explosion in the isolation and description of new taxa of prokaryotes
over the past five years has resulted in the description of over one
hundred new genera and six hundred new species. This rapid pace
underlines the need for a constantly updated electronic edition which
keeps the community at the forefront of research.
“An online electronic work is critical to providing a comprehensive
description of the wonderful diversity prokaryotic life” says Barny
Whitman, Director of the Editorial Office of Bergey’s Manual and
Professor of Microbiology at the University of Georgia, USA. “We are
very fortunate that Wiley share our vision of a dynamic Manual capable
of providing comprehensive, detailed and up-to-date descriptions of
bacteria and archaea for researchers, educators and students in
microbiology.”
“Since David Hendricks Bergey published his first encyclopedia in 1923,
Bergey’s titles have earned a reputation as invaluable research tools
for laboratories,” said Vicky Johnson, Associate Editorial Director,
Life Sciences, Wiley. “Our new partnership will maintain the high
quality that Bergey’s is known for, while using digital platforms to
ensure the third edition becomes the go-to resource for microbiologists
globally.”
About Bergey’s Manual Trust:
Bergey's Manual Trust was established in 1936 to sustain the publication
of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology and supplementary
reference works. The Trust is a nonprofit organization and its income is
used solely for the purpose of preparing, editing and publishing
revisions and successive editions of the Manual and any supplementary
publications, as well as providing for any research that may be
necessary or desirable in such activities.
The Trust’s website can be accessed at: http://www.bergeys.org/
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