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  (not as current as the manuals in lab)

• media request form

• Gram Positive Cocci

• Bacillus table (pdf)

• Bergey's Manual p1122 (very big) for Bacillus sp.

• Bergey's Manual p1123 (very big) for Bacillus sp.

• Hemolysis of B. cereus and B. thuringiensis on Sheep Blood Agar

• Enterics table (pdf file)

• Staphylococcus table (pdf file)

• Streptococcus table (pdf file)- IF THIS CONTRADICTS THE TABLE IN YOUR LAB MANUAL use the data in your lab manual

• Salmonella table (pdf file)

• Mycobacterium table (pdf file)

• Identification of medically important bacteria