Lothar Geitler
Austrian botanist and cytologist
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Lothar Geitler (18 May 1899 – 1 May 1990) was an Austrian botanist and cytologist. He was born in Vienna. His main research interests included blue-green algae (Cyanophyta), diatoms, lichen symbioses and chromosome structure.
The cyanobacteria genus Geitlerinema was named in his honour in 1989.[1]
