Bergey Awards
The Bergey Award
The Bergey Award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to bacterial taxonomy.
Awardees
1979
Roger Y. Stanier
Roger Y. Stanier
1980
John L. Johnson
John L. Johnson
1981
Morrison Rogosa
Morrison Rogosa
1982
Otto Kandler
Otto Kandler
1983
Carl R. Woese
Carl R. Woese
1984
W. E. C. (Ed) Moore
W. E. C. (Ed) Moore
1985
Josef De Ley
Josef De Ley
1986
William H. Ewing
William H. Ewing
1987
Patrick A. D. Grimont
Patrick A. D. Grimont
1988
Lawrence G. Wayne
Lawrence G. Wayne
1989
Hubert A. Lechevalier
Hubert A. Lechevalier
1990
M. David Collins
M. David Collins
1991
Erko Stackebrandt
Erko Stackebrandt
1992
Wolfgang Ludwig
Wolfgang Ludwig
1993
Wesley E. Kloos
Wesley E. Kloos
1994
Friedrich Widdel
Friedrich Widdel
1995
Michael Goodfellow
Michael Goodfellow
1996
Karel Kersters
Karel Kersters
1997
Rosmarie Rippka
Rosmarie Rippka
1998
David A. Stahl
David A. Stahl
1999
Barry Holmes
Barry Holmes
2000
William B. Whitman
William B. Whitman
2001
Lindsay I. Sly
Lindsay I. Sly
2002
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme
2003
Peter Kämpfer
Peter Kämpfer
2004
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann
2005
Jean Paul Euzéby
Jean Paul Euzéby
2006
David P. Labeda
David P. Labeda
2007
Jürgen Wiegel
Jürgen Wiegel
2008
Hans-Jürgen Busse
Hans-Jürgen Busse
2010
Antonio Ventosa
Antonio Ventosa
2014
Hans-Peter Klenk
Hans-Peter Klenk
2016
Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya
Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya
2017
Ramon Rossello-Mora
Ramon Rossello-Mora
2018
Jongsik Chun
Jongsik Chun
2020
Aharon Oren
Aharon Oren
2023
Markus Göker
Markus Göker
The Bergey Medal
The Bergey Medal is awarded in recognition of outstanding and life-long contributions to the field of systematics of Bacteria and Archaea. Nominations may be submitted at any time to the Bergey's editorial office at bergeys@uga.edu. Nominations should include a cover letter summarizing the candidate's qualifications, the significance of contributions to the systematics of prokaryotes, and their curriculum vitae.
Recipients
1994
R.G.E. Murray
R.G.E. Murray
1994
Riichi Sakazaki
Riichi Sakazaki
1994
V.B.D. Skerman
V.B.D. Skerman
1994
Eyvind A. Freundt
Eyvind A. Freundt
1995
Norbert Pfennig
Norbert Pfennig
1995
Dorothy Jones
Dorothy Jones
1995
Norberto Palleroni
Norberto Palleroni
1996
Thomas D. Brock
Thomas D. Brock
1996
Marvin P. Bryant
Marvin P. Bryant
1996
John G. Holt
John G. Holt
1996
Emilio Weiss
Emilio Weiss
1997
Lillian H. Moore
Lillian H. Moore
1997
Ralph S. Wolfe
Ralph S. Wolfe
1997
George A. Zavarzin
George A. Zavarzin
1998
Kjell Bøvre
Kjell Bøvre
1998
Holger Jannasch
Holger Jannasch
1998
Julius P. Kreier
Julius P. Kreier
1998
Peter H. A. Sneath
Peter H. A. Sneath
1999
Wilhelm Frederiksen
Wilhelm Frederiksen
1999
James W. Moulder
James W. Moulder
1999
Karl O. Stetter
Karl O. Stetter
1999
Hans Trüper
Hans Trüper
2000
Peter Hirsch
Peter Hirsch
2000
Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach
2000
Eiko Yabuuchi
Eiko Yabuuchi
2001
Joseph G. Tully
Joseph G. Tully
2001
Floyd E. Dewhirst
Floyd E. Dewhirst
2001
E. Imre Friedmann
E. Imre Friedmann
2002
Don J. Brenner
Don J. Brenner
2002
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell
2002
Noel R. Krieg
Noel R. Krieg
2003
Monique Gillis
Monique Gillis
2003
Hans Hippe
Hans Hippe
2004
David R. Boone
David R. Boone
2005
Richard W. Castenholz
Richard W. Castenholz
2005
Kazau Komagata
Kazau Komagata
2006
Klaus P. Schaal
Klaus P. Schaal
2008
Fergus Priest
Fergus Priest
2008
James T. Staley
James T. Staley
2009
Karl Heinz Schleifer
Karl Heinz Schleifer
2009
Erko Stackebrandt
Erko Stackebrandt
2011
Michael Goodfellow
Michael Goodfellow
2011
Zhiheng Liu
Zhiheng Liu
2011
Ji-Sheng Ruan
Ji-Sheng Ruan
2011
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje
2018
Fritz Widdel
Fritz Widdel
2018
Niall Logan
Niall Logan
2019
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann
2020
Michael Madigan
Michael Madigan
2020
Daniel R. Brown
Daniel R. Brown
2020
Paul DeVos
Paul DeVos
2020
Martha E. Trujillo
Martha E. Trujillo
2023
William B. Whitman
William B. Whitman