Bergey's Manual

It is read as Bergey's Manual.

To be precise, it is a book called Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria,

which could be called an encyclopedia of microorganisms, or perhaps a comprehensive dictionary of microbiology.

It contains all microorganisms discovered to date (though it is updated roughly every five years).

Since it lists every species of microorganism, it naturally cannot be contained in a single volume; when I was a student, it consisted of about five thick books. They had navy blue hardcovers and were quite cool.

For me, as someone whose (one of the) reasons for joining a microbiology lab was to "discover a new species," having the microorganisms I collected or my own name listed in this book was one of my dreams.

Chapters I wrote have been included in it.

Four chapters, in fact.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118960608.cbm00070

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118960608.obm00150

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118960608.fbm00323

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01554

Since they seem to be shifting from print to web for timely updates (I wonder if they won't be releasing print versions anymore?),

I wasn't able to get my name in a heavy, substantial book, but regardless, I am very happy about it.