Please note that sometimes there are discrepancies between the data tables below and the data in your lab handouts.  The handouts have been changed to reflect the behavior of our organisms.  As such, in those instances, please disregard the information presented in the tables below.    Additionally, where the tables below contradict Bergey's Manual, please use the data provided by Bergey's.

• Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th Edition  (or scroll down to the bottom of the page)
• media request form
• Gram positive & Gram negative dichotomous key
• Gram Positive Cocci
• Bacillus table (pdf)
• Bergey's Manual p1122 (very big) for Bacillus sp.
• Bergey's Manual p1123 (very big) for Bacillus sp.
• back-lit B.t vs. B.c. on blood
• table top B.t vs. B.c. on blood
• Enterics table (pdf file)
• Staphylococcus table (pdf file)
• Streptococcus table (pdf file)
• Salmonella table (pdf file)
• Mycobacterium table (pdf file)
• Identification of medically important bacteria