David Gottlieb

Not to be confused with Dovid Gottlieb.
This article is about the plant pathologist. For the arcade game company founder, see Gottlieb.
David Gottlieb
Born 1911
Died 1982
Residence USA
Nationality USA
Fields Phytopathology
Institutions University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Doctoral students Fu-Kuen Lin
Known for isolation strain of Streptomyces

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.

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

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

References

  1. Nov 2004 Phytopathology News, Vol. 38, No. 11, p.154
  2. Editor for the Annual Review of Phytopathology, 1969-1974
  3. P. D. Shaw and R. E. Ford. Obituary: David Gottlieb, 1911-1982. Phytopathology 1983, page 32.
  4. “David Gottlieb Memorial Award”

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