David Gottlieb
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| David Gottlieb | |
| Born | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Died | 1982 |
| Residence | USA |
| Nationality | USA |
| Fields | Phytopathology |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Doctoral students | Fu-Kuen Lin |
| Known for | isolation strain of Streptomyces |
This article is about the plant pathologist. For the arcade game company founder, see Gottlieb.
David Gottlieb (1911 – 1982), a professor of plant pathology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1946-1982), was a pioneer in the field of fungi physiology and antibiotics for plants.
Gottlieb is best known for isolation in the 1940s of the strain of Streptomyces from which chloramphenicol was developed[1], for his mentoring in the field, and for his editorial work.[2]
[edit] Honors
- Guggenheim Fellow, Biology-Plant Science, 1963.
- Fellow, The American Phytopathological Society, 1966.
- Editor for the Annual Review of Phytopathology, 1969-1974.
In his memory, the “David Gottlieb Memorial Award” is given by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for outstanding published research on the biochemistry of plant diseases or plant pathogens.,[3]
[edit] Publications
- Gottlieb, D. (Jan. 1961) “'An Evaluation of Criteria and Procedures Used in the Description and Characterization of the Streptomycetes: A Cooperative Study” Appl Microbiol. 9(1): 55–65.
- Gottlieb, D. (1974) “Germination of fungal spores: Biochemical processes during spore germination, Carbohydrate metabolism” 2nd International Symposium on the Fungus Spore.
[edit] References
- ^ Nov 2004 Phytopathology News, Vol. 38, No. 11, p.154
- ^ Editor for the Annual Review of Phytopathology, 1969-1974
- ^ “David Gottlieb Memorial Award”
]
 This article about a U.S. scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
