The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic bacteria

Volume 1 provides descriptions of 407 species in 157 genera, including 172 new or realigned species. History, Etymology, Polyphasic taxonomy, Probes, Phylogenetic backbone, Microbial ecology, Culture collections, Intellectual property, Using the Manual, Classification of Procaryotes, Preface to first BMDB, Preface to first BMSB, Numerical Taxonomy, Numerical Identification, Bacterial Nomenclature. Acidianus, Aeropyrum, Caldivirga, Desulfurococcaceae, Desulfurococcales, Desulfurococcus, Hyperthermus, Igneococcus, Melallosphaera, Pryodictiaceae, Pryodictium, Pyrobaculum, Pyrolobus, Staphylothermus, Stetteria, Stygiolobus, Sulfolobaceae, Sulfolobales, Sulfolobus, Sulfophobococcus, Sulfurisphaera, Sulfurococcus, Thermocladium, Thermodiscus, Thermofilaceae, Thermofilum, Thermoproteaceae, Thermoproteales, Thermoprotei, Thermoproteus, Thermosphaera, Archaeoglobaceae, Archaeoglobales, Archaeoglobi, Archaeoglobus, Ferroglobus, Haloarcula, Halobacteria (class), Halobacteriaceae, Halobacteriales, Halobacterium, Halobaculum, Halococcus, Haloferax, Halogeometricum, Halorubrum, Haloterrigena, Methanobacteria, Methanobacteriaceae, Methanobacteriales, Methanobacterium, Methanobrevibacter, Methanocalculus, Methanocaldococcaceae, Methanocaldococcus, Methanococcaceae, Methanococcales, Methanococci, Methanococcoides, Methanococcus, Methanocorpusculaceae, Methanocorpusculum, Methanoculleus, Methanofollis, Methanogenium, Methanohalobium, Methanohalophliis, Methanolacinia, Methanolobus, Methanomicrobiaceae, Methanomicrobiales, Methanomicrobium, Methanoplanus, Methanopyraceae, Methanopyrales, Methanopyri, Methanopyrus, Methanosaeta, Methanosaetaceae, Methanosalsum, Methanosarcina, Methanosarcinales, Methanosarcincaceae, Methanosphaera, Methanospirillaceae, Methanospirillum, Methanothermaceae, Methanothermobacter, Methanothermococcus, Methanothermus, Methanotorris, Natrialba, Natrinema, Natronobacterium, Natronococcus, Natronomonas, Natronorubrum, Picrophilaceae, Picrophilus, Pyrococcus, Taxonomy of Methanogens, Thermococci, Thermococcaceae, Thermococcales, Thermococcus, Thermoplasma (class), Thermoplasma (genus), Thermoplasmataceae, Thermoplasmatales, Aquifex, Aquificaceae, Aquificae (class), Aquificae (phylum), Aquificales, Calderobacterium, Coprothermobacter, Desulfurobacterium, Fervidobacterium, Geotoga, Hydrogenobacter, Hydrogenobacter acidophilus, Petrotoga, Thermocrinis, Thermodesulfobacteria, Thermodesulfobacteriaceae, Thermodesulfobacteriales, Thermodesulfobacterium, Thermosipho, Thermotoga, Thermotogaceae, Thermotogae, Thermotogales, Deinococcaceae, Deinococcales, Deinococci (class), Deinococcus, Meiothermus, Thermi, Thermales, Thermaceae, Thermus, Chrysiogetes, Chrysiogenales, Chrysiogenaceae, Chrysiogenes, Essay, Chloroflexi, Chloroflexus, Chloronema, Filamentous Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria, Heliothrix, Herpetosiphon, Herpetosiphonales, Oscillochloris, Thermomicrobia (class), Thermomicrobiales, Thermomicrobiaceae, Thermomicrobium, Nitrospira, Leptospirillum, Magnetobacterium, Thermodesulfovibrio, Oxygenic photosyn. Bacteria, Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria, General Characteristics, Phylogenetic relationships, Cyanobacteria I , Cyanobacteria II - Pleurocapsales, Cyanobacteria III - Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria IV, Cyanobacteria V - Stigonemateles , Green Sulfur Bacterium, Chlorobium, Ancalochloris, Chloroherpeton, Pelodictyon, Prosthecochloris, Addendum, Heliobacteriaceae, Heliobacterium, Heliobacillus, Heliophilum, Heliorestis, Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria.