Alfred Fischer (botanist)

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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.

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)

↑ Campbell, C. Lee (1981). The Fischer-Smith controversy: are there bacterial diseases of plants? American Phytopathological Society, ISBN 9780890540145
↑ IPNI. A.Fisch.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 94761254 LCCN: nb91281965 ISNI: 0000 0001 0999 5399 GND: 139691448 SUDOC: 11017240X NLA: 36529179 Botanist: A.Fisch.

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