Web Directory

» A theory of the lifecycle of bacteria
   Paper by Y Heyman who investigated the viability kinetics of activated sludge, the death rate of viable cells and the hydrolysis rate of dead cells.
   http://www.calameo.com/books/00014533379b0de2c0fb2

» An Overview of Bacteria.
   Article by Matt Emery provides an introduction to these microbes with several images of stained cultures.
   http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan05/mebacteria.html

» Azotobacter.org
   Information regarding the on-going sequencing and annotation of the Azotobacter vinelandii genome.
   http://www.azotobacter.org/

» Bacteria
   Information from Wikipedia on these unicellular organisms.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria

» Bacteria: Basic Facts
   Provides an explanation of what bacteria are, the meaning of the terms gram positive and negative, and other information, with a case history of a post-operative patient to consider.
   http://www.microbiologybytes.com/iandi/3a.html

» Bacterial Motility
   Information on how bacteria move, with several videos from the Microbiology Video Library.
   http://www.microbiologybytes.com/video/motility.html

» Bacterial Nomenclature
   A place to find out the most current name for a bacterium.
   http://www.dsmz.de/

» Bacterial Photosynthesis
   Information on autotrophic bacteria that use only inorganic nutrients, and heterotrophic bacteria that require an organic source of carbon, with videos from the Microbiology Video Library.
   http://www.microbiologybytes.com/video/photosynthesis.html

» Bacterial Pictures
   Provides images of the causative agents of Anthrax, Yersinia and several generalised bacterial cells including the walls of gram positive and gram negative cells.
   http://www.rkm.com.au/BACTERIA/

» Bactibase
   Provides a data repository of bacteriocin natural antimicrobial peptides, developed by PFBA in Tunisia in collaboration with INAF, Laval University, Canada.
   http://bactibase.pfba-lab-tun.org/

» Domain Eubacteria
   An introduction to the true bacteria and their classification.
   http://comenius.susqu.edu/bi/202/EUBACTERIA/default.htm

» Empire Biota: A Comprehensive Taxonomy
   Article proposing a high level phylogenetic (cladistic) taxonomy based primarily on classical evidence for all life and particularly the phenotypic evidence for bacteria.
   http://www.empirebiota.info

» Eubacteria
   The Tree of Life web project provides a classification of the true bacteria.
   http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Eubacteria&contgroup=Life_on_Earth

» Introduction to the Bacteria
   Topics include morphology, systematics, life history and ecology, and the fossil record.
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteria.html

» List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature
   Alphabetically and chronologically arranged lists of taxa, with additional information on bacterial taxonomy.
   http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/

» Taxonomy Browser (Eubacteria)
   Shows the relationships among the recognized groups, and samples yet to be named or classified.
   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Eubacteria

» The Social Life of Disease-causing Bacteria
   Article by Michael Sargent from the archives of the Mill Hill Essays 2004.
   http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/millhillessays/2004/bacteria/