Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel
Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel (1892-1985) was a German Jewish microbiologist. After having been expelled from Germany by the Nazis and moving to London, she pioneered the study of mycoplasma.[1] In 1935, she discovered and cultured unusual strains of bacteria that lacked a cell wall, naming these strains "L-form bacteria" after the Lister Institute where she was working at the time.[2] She is honored by the International Organization for Mycoplasmology by an annual Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel Award to outstanding scientists working on mycoplasma.[3]
References
- ^ Tully JG (1983). "The Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel Award lecture. Reflections on recovery of some fastidious mollicutes with implications of the changing host patterns of these organisms". Yale J Biol Med. 56 (5–6): 799–813. PMC 2590512. PMID 6382832.
- ^ Joseleau-Petit D, Liébart JC, Ayala JA, D'Ari R (2007). "Unstable Escherichia coli L forms revisited: growth requires peptidoglycan synthesis". J. Bacteriol. 189 (18): 6512–20. doi:10.1128/JB.00273-07. PMC 2045188. PMID 17586646.
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External links
- Two early ‘general microbiologists’ Microbiology Today August 2005
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