Albert Bernhard Frank

Albert Bernhard Frank (January 17, 1839 in Dresden – September 27, 1900 in Berlin) was a German botanist, plant pathologist, and mycologist. He is credited with coining the term mycorrhiza in his 1885 paper "Ueber die auf Wurzelsymbiose beruhende Ernährung gewisser Bäume durch unterirdische Pilze".[1][2]

Albert Bernhard Frank
Born(1839-01-17)January 17, 1839
Dresden
DiedSeptember 27, 1900(1900-09-27) (aged 61)
Berlin
NationalityGerman
Other namesA. B. Frank
Occupationbotanist, plant pathologist, mycologist
Known forcoining the term "mycorrhiza"

Frank was commissioned to develop practical methods for truffle cultivation by the King of Prussia (Wilhelm I). Although this project was not successful, it led to his elucidation of the nature and development of mycorrhizae. The history and impacts of Frank's work on mycorrhizae were reviewed by Trappe.[3]

The bacterial genus Frankia and family Frankiaceae were named after him.[4]


Works
  • Pflanzen-Tabellen zur leichten, schnellen und sicheren Bestimmung der höheren Gewächse Nord-und Mittel-Deutschlands, nebst 2 besonderen Tabellen zur Bestimmung der deutschen Holzgewächse nach dem Laube, sowie im winterlichen Zustande und einer Uebersicht über das natürliche System . Schmidt & Günther, Leipzig 4., verb. und verm. Aufl. 1881 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

References
  1. Frank, A.B. (1885). "Über die auf Wurzelsymbiose beruhende Ernährung gewisser Bäume durch unterirdische Pilze" [On the nourishing, via root symbiosis, of certain trees by underground fungi]. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (in German). 3: 128–145.
  2. Frank, B. (2005-06-01). "On the nutritional dependence of certain trees on root symbiosis with belowground fungi (an English translation of A.B. Frank's classic paper of 1885)". Mycorrhiza. 15 (4): 267–275. doi:10.1007/s00572-004-0329-y. PMID 15549482. S2CID 29199748.
  3. Trappe, James M. (2005). "A.B. Frank and mycorrhizae: the challenge to evolutionary and ecologic theory". Mycorrhiza. 15 (4): 277–281. doi:10.1007/s00572-004-0330-5. PMID 15503185. S2CID 35720314.
  4. Prokaryotic symbionts in plants by Katharina Pawlowski, p. 107
  5. IPNI.  A.B.Frank.
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