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Albert Bernhard Frank

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Portrait of A. B. Frank

Albert Bernhard Frank (January 17, 1839, Dresden – September 27, 1900, Berlin) was a German botanist and mycologist. He is credited with coining the term mycorrhiza in his 1885 paper "Ueber die auf Wurzelsymbiose beruhende Ernährung gewisser Bäume durch unterirdische Pilze."[1]

The bacterial genus Frankia and family Frankiaceae were named after him.[2]

Works

  • Pflanzen-Tabellen zur leichten, schnellen und sicheren Bestimmung der höheren Gewächse Nord-und Mittel-Deutschlands, nebst 2 besonderen Tabellen zur Bestimmung der deutschen Holzgewächse nach dem Laube, sowie im winterlichen Zustande und einer Uebersicht über das natürliche System . Schmidt & Günther, Leipzig 4., verb. und verm. Aufl. 1881 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

References

  1. ^ Frank, B. (2005-06-01). "On the nutritional dependence of certain trees on root symbiosis with belowground fungi (an English translation of A.B. Frank's classic paper of 1885)" (PDF). Mycorrhiza. 15 (4): 267–275. doi:10.1007/s00572-004-0329-y.
  2. ^ Prokaryotic symbionts in plants by Katharina Pawlowski, p. 107
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  A.B.Frank.

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