Volume 2 of the first edition of Be

Volume 2 of the first edition of Bergey’s Manualcontains six sections that describe all gram-positive bacteria except the actinomycetes. Most of these bacteria are distributed among the first four sections on the basis of their general shape (whether they are rods, cocci, or irregular) and their ability to form endospores. The rod-shaped, acid-fast bacteria known as mycobacteria are placed in section 16 (the sections in the first edition of Bergey’s Manual
are numbered consecutively, beginning with the first section in volume 1). The last section describes the nocardioforms. These are gram-positive filamentous bacteria that form a branching network called a mycelium, which can break into rod-shaped or coccoid forms.