Acknowledgements
The author greatly appreciates the information he received following the previous editions. He would especially like to thank, for their help and advice:
- Dr. E. Abeln: Netherlands Culture Collection of Bacteria (NCCB) - The Netherlands.
- Dr. D.R. Arahal: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla - Spain.
- Dr. J.-F. Bernardet: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas - France.
- Dr. F. Bimet: Institut Pasteur Collection (CIP) - France.
- Dr. Ch. Bizet: Institut Pasteur Collection (CIP) - France.
- Dr. R. Christen: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) & Université Paris 6 - France.
- Dr. P. Dawyndt: Ghent University & StrainInfo.net bioportal - Belgium.
- Dr R. Dunford: Journals Manager, Society for General Microbiology (SGM) - U.K.
- Dr. E. Falsen: Culture Collection, University of Göteborg (CCUG) - Sweden.
- Dr. W. Frederiksen: Statens Seruminstitut, København - Denmark.
- Dr. L. Gardan: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - France.
- Dr. P.A.D. Grimont: Institut Pasteur de Paris (IPP) - France.
- Dr. K. Hatano: Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NBRC) - Japan.
- Dr. D. Janssens: Collection of the Laboratorium voor Microbiologie en Microbiele Genetica (LMG) - Belgium.
- Dr. T. Kudo: Japan Collection of Microorganisms (JCM) - Japan.
- Dr. J. Kuever: Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology - Germany.
- Dr. D.P. Labeda: Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection - U.S.A.
- Dr. J. Ma: Information Network Center & Institute of Microbiology (Chinese Academy of Sciences) - China.
- Dr. P. Meyers: University of Cape Town, Cape Town - South Africa.
- Dr. Y. Nakagawa: Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NBRC) - Japan.
- Dr. A. Oren: Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, the Institute of Life Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Israel.
- Dr. A.C. Parte: Managing Editor, Bergey's Manual Trust - U.S.A.
- Dr. L.A. Robertson: Delft University of Technology - The Netherlands.
- Dr. K. Rowlett: Senior Staff Editor, IJSEM Editorial Office - U.K.
- Dr. M. Scourfield: Senior Staff Editor, IJSEM - U.K.
- Dr. S. Spring: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) - Germany.
- Dr. E. Stackebrandt: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) - Germany.
- Dr. K.I. Suzuki: Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NBRC) - Japan.
- Dr. T. Tamura: Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NBRC) - Japan.
- Dr. B.J. Tindall: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) - Germany.
- Dr. H.G. Trüper: Institute for Microbiology & Biotechnology, University of Bonn - Germany.
- Dr. P. Vandamme: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent - Belgium.
- B. Verslyppe: StrainInfo.net bioportal - Belgium.
- Dr. N. Weiss: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) - Germany.
- Dr. W.B. Whitman: Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia; Director of the Editorial Office and Supervising Editor (Bergey's Manual Trust) - U.S.A.
- Dr. D.R. Zeigler: Bacillus Genetic Stock Center (BGSC) - U.S.A.
- Dr. P. Yarza: Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB) - Spain.
Béatrice Euzéby is gratefully acknowledged for her help.
