Alfred_Fischer_(botanist)

Alfred Fischer (botanist)

Alfred Fischer (botanist)

German botanist (1858-1913)

For other uses, see Alfred Fischer.

Alfred Fischer (17 December 1858 – 1913) was a German botanist. His is known for his dispute with Erwin Frink Smith over the role of bacteria in plant pathology.[1]

Fischer was born in Meissen, Germany. Fischer lectured in botany at the University of Leipzig.

The standard author abbreviation A.Fisch. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

Selected works

  • Die Plasmolyse der Bakterien (1891)
  • Untersuchungen über bakterien (1894)
  • Vorlesungen über Bakterien (1897)
  • Beiträge zur kenntnis der physiologie und verbreitung denitrifizierender thiosulfat-bakterien (1914)

References

  1. [1]
    Campbell, C. Lee (1981). The Fischer-Smith controversy: are there bacterial diseases of plants? American Phytopathological Society, ISBN 9780890540145
  2. [2]
    International Plant Names Index.  A.Fisch.


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