David Gottlieb (biologist)
American botanist (1911–1982)
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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 fungal physiology and antibiotics for plants.
David Gottlieb | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1911 |
| Died | 1982 (aged 70–71) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Known for | isolation strain of Streptomyces |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Phytopathology |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Doctoral students | Fu-Kuen Lin |
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] He used plant-pathogenic fungi in studies of sterol biosynthesis, respiration, aging, spore germination, and the mechanism of action of antifungal antibiotics. Gottlieb discovered or co-discovered several new antibiotics in addition to chloramphenicol, including filipin, levomycin, and tetrin, and he described the mechanism of action and biosynthesis of several of these and other antibiotics.[3]
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.,[4]
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.
