Albert Bernhard Frank

Albert Bernhard Frank (January 17, 1839, Dresden - September 27, 1900, Berlin) was a German biologist. He is credited with coining the term mycorrhiza.

The bacterial genus Frankia and family Frankiaceae were named after him.^[1]

The standard author abbreviation A.B.Frank is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

^ Prokaryotic symbionts in plants by Katharina Pawlowski, p. 107
^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Frank, Albert Bernhard
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Date of birth	January 17, 1839
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Date of death	September 27, 1900
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