NLM Classification Schedule QW

Classify works on a particular species of bacteria with the order to which that species belongs, according to the classification in Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology.

Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified) (Cutter from name of organization or society)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Includes membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify directories in QW 22. Classify annual reports, journals, etc. in W1. For academies and institutes, see QW 23-24. Classify works on immunological organizations and societies under QW 501.Classify works on immunological organizations and societies under QW 501.

Classify here works on microbiology as a whole. Classify works on bacteriology alone in QW 50; on virology alone in QW 160-170; on mycology alone in QW 180-180.5, or appropriate LC numbers.

By individual authors

Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)

General coverage (Not Table G)

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Atlases. Pictorial works

Classify here works about education.

Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

Microbiology and immunology as professions. Ethics. Peer review

Directories (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Individual (Cutter from name of institution)

Laboratory manuals. Technique

Specific techniques, A-Z

Bacteriological techniques

Microbial sensitivity tests

Apparatus, equipment, etc.
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classify catalogs here.

Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)

Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.

Individual (Cutter from name of museum, etc.)

Laws (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Discussion of law (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Microbial drug resistance

General or not elsewhere classified.

Bacteria (General). Bacteriology. Archaea

Cf. QW 115-155 for specific bacteria.

Morphology and variability of microorganisms. Microbial genetics

Classify works on fungi in QW 180; on viruses in QW 160 or with the specific fungi or virus group.

Physiology and chemistry of microorganisms. Metabolism

Classify works on fungi in QW 180; on viruses in QW 160 or with the specific fungi or virus group.

Environmental microbiology

Plant and soil microbiology

Classify works on specific microorganisms by subject, e.g., Plant viruses QW 163.

Veterinary microbiology

Industrial microbiology

Water and sewage microbiology

Microbiology of food, milk, and other beverages

[This number not used]

Classify actinobacteria in QW 125.

[This number not used]

Classify corynebacterium in QW 125.5.C5.

[This number not used]

Classify propionibacteriaceae in QW 125.5.P7.

Actinobacteria. Actinomycetales

Specific organisms, A-Z

Propionibacteriaceae

Gram-positive endospore-forming bacteria

Specific groups, A-Z

[This number not used]

Classify Caryophanales with Gram-positive bacteria in QW 142-142.5.

Gram-negative bacteria (General). Gram-negative aerobic bacteria (include cocci and rods). Cyanobacteria

Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria (include cocci and rods)

Gram-negative chemolithotrophic bacteria

Gram-negative facultatively anaerobic rods (General or not elsewhere classified)

Specific organisms, A-Z

Gram-positive bacteria (General or not elsewhere classified)

Specific organisms, A-Z

Phototrophic bacteria

[This number not used]

Classify Rickettsiales in QW 150 and Chlamydiales in QW 152 as appropriate.

[This number not used]

Classify leptothrix in QW 133.

Campylobacter. Helicobactor. Spirillaceae

Viruses (General). Virology

Classify works about a virus disease with the disease.

Specific phages, A-Z

Staphylococcus phages

Classify works on diseases of insects in SB 942.

Classify works on virus diseases of plants in SB 736.

Specific DNA groups, A-Z

[This number not used]

Classify oncolytic viruses in QW 160.

Specific RNA groups, A-Z

[This number not used]

Classify RNA rodent viruses in QW 168.

Rubivirus. Rubella virus

Vertebrate viruses, unclassified

Pathogenic fungi. Mycology

Classify general non-medical works on mycology and non-pathogenic fungi in QK 600-635.

[This number not used]

Classify Myxomycetes in QX 50.

Classify specific yeasts under the appropriate number for the class.

Bacterial and fungal spores

Classify works on bacterial spores alone in QW 51; on fungal spores alone in QW 180.

Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified) (Cutter from name of organization or society)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Includes membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify directories in QW 522. Classify annual reports, journals, etc. in W1. For academies and institutes, see QW 523-524.

Immunochemistry. Immunohistochemistry

By individual authors

Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)

General coverage (Not Table G)

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Atlases. Pictorial works

Classify here works about education.

Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

[This number not used]

Classify works on immunology as a profession in QW 21.

Directories (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Individual (Cutter from name of institution)

Laboratory manuals. Technique

Classify works on immunodiagnostic tests in QY 250-275.

Specific techniques, A-Z

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Fluorescent antibody technique

Immunoenzyme techniques

Leukocyte adherence inhibition test

Radioallergosorbent test

Equipment and supplies
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classify catalogs here.

Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Immunity (General or not elsewhere classified)

Natural immunity. Immunogenetics

Classify preparations producing immunity in QW 800-815.

Maternally acquired immunity

Cellular immunity. Immunologic cytotoxicity. Immunocompetence. Immunologic factors (General or not elsewhere classified)

Antigens. Antibodies. Serology

Specific antigens, A-Z

Histocompatibility antigens

Specific antibodies, A-Z

Antibodies, Monoclonal

Classify works on toxoids, antitoxins, etc., as preparations producing immunity in QW 800-815.

Specific toxins and antitoxins, A-Z

Agglutination. Precipitation

Classify works on immunodiagnostic tests in QY 265.

Lysis and bacterial action

Complement. Complement fixation

Classify works on immunodiagnostic tests in QY 265.

Infection. Mechanisms of infection and resistance

Virulence. Invasiveness

Biological products producing immunity

Classify works on vaccines and vaccination for a specific disease, with the disease, e.g., Smallpox vaccination, WC 588.

Vaccines. Antitoxins. Toxoids

Classify works on toxins or antitoxins formed in the body in QW 630-630.5.

Anaphylaxis and hypersensitivity. Allergens

Classify works on diseases of hypersensitivity in general in WD 300-375. Classify specific allergic reactions with the system affected.

Immunomodulation. Immunosuppression. Immunosuppressive agents

Classify transplantation immunology in WO 680.

Classify works on therapy of a particular disease with the disease.

Active immunotherapy

Microbiology. Immunology

Microbiology

Reference Works. General Works

Environmental Microbiology

Bacteria

Viruses

Fungi. Bacterial Spores

Biological Warfare

Immunology

Reference Works. General Immunology

Immunity by Type

Antigens and Antibodies. Toxins and Antitoxins

Immune Responses

Immunotherapy and Hypersensitivity