Bacteria have traditionally been identified and classified by shape, on the basis of their biochemistry, and/or the conditions under which they grow. New approaches allow classification on the basis of similarities among DNA sequences.
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- Introduction to the Bacteria Topics include morphology, systematics, life history and ecology, and the fossil record.
- Bacterial Nomenclature A place to find out the most current name for a bacterium.
- 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.
- Bacteria Article by Wim van Egmond on these microbes with photographs of Cyanobacteria and the green Anabaena.
- An Overview of Bacteria. Article by Matt Emery provides an introduction to these microbes with several images of stained cultures.
- Bacteria Information from Wikipedia on these unicellular organisms.
- Taxonomy Browser (Eubacteria) Shows the relationships among the recognized groups, and samples yet to be named or classified.
- Bactibase Provides a data repository of bacteriocin natural antimicrobial peptides, developed by PFBA in Tunisia in collaboration with INAF, Laval University, Canada.
- Eubacteria The Tree of Life web project provides a classification of the true bacteria.
- 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.
- List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature Alphabetically and chronologically arranged lists of taxa, with additional information on bacterial taxonomy.