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Swedish scientist (1923–2020)
Birgit Nordbring-Hertz
BornBirgit Ann-Marie Nordbring
1923
DiedMarch 16, 2020(2020-03-16) (aged 96)
Alma materLund University
Scientific career
ThesisNematode-trapping organs in the fungus arthrobotrys oligospora : formation, structure and function (1974)

Birgit Ann-Marie Margareta Nordbring-Hertz, (16 May 1923 – 16 March 2020 in Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish scientist at Lund University known for her work on the interactions between fungi and nematodes.

Education

Nordbring-Hertz graduated with a medical licentiate degree with a thesis on the opportunistic human pathogenic fungus, Candida albicans, 1956 at Lund University, and received a doctorate in microbiology in 1974 at the same university, working on nematode-trapping fungi. After her doctorate she took over responsibility for the department of microbial ecology, a position she held from 1975 until 1989. In 1987, she was promoted to professor at Lund University, and in 1989 she transitioned to an emeritus position. She was the first female professor at the natural science faculty at Lund University.

Research

Nordbring-Hertz's research mainly dealt with a type of microfungi, so-called nematophagous fungi, that infect and digest nematodes. She concentrated on the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora. Nordbring-Hertz used scanning electron microscopy to study the trapping organs of A. oligospora. Her early research was concentrated on how trapping organs were induced, apart from nematode touching the hyphae also chemically by small peptides will induce trap formation. Her work was later focussed on specific recognition mechanisms, e.g. by lectins (carbohydrate-binding glycoproteins) on the trap surface that recognise specific carbohydrates on the nematode surface and start the infection process. Her research also examined volatile exudates from nematodes, the fungal plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae, and quantifying the presence of the fungus in soil ecosystems.

Selected publications

Personal life

Nordbring-Hertz married in 1953 to a professor in electrical measurement technology, Hellmuth Hertz, and they had two sons, Thomas and Hans Hertz.

References

  1. Medical sciences international who's who. Harlow: Longman. 1987. ISBN 978-0-582-90116-2.
  2. "Minnesord om Birgit Nordbring-Hertz". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). March 31, 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  3. ^ Birgit Ann-Marie Margareta Nordbring-Hertz. OCLC 4779320164.
  4. Nordbring-Hertz, Birgit (1974). Nematode-trapping organs in the fungus arthrobotrys oligospora: formation, structure and function (Thesis). Lund.
  5. ^ Linnéa Taylor; Marina Castro Zalis; Patrícia Veiga Crespo (eds.). "The XX Factor" (PDF). WINGS Lund University Sweden. p. 23.
  6. Wirmark, Margreta (1996). Professorsboken: fyrtionio Lund kvinnor berattar (in Swedish). Stockholm: Carlssons. ISBN 978-91-7203-059-6. OCLC 476649102.
  7. Nordbring-Hertz, Birgit (1977). "Nematode-Induced Morphogenesis in the Predacious Fungus Arthrobotrys Oligospora". Nematologica. 23 (4): 443–451. doi:10.1163/187529277X00372.
  8. Lysek, Gernot; Nordbring-Hertz, Birgit (1981). "An endogenous rhythm of trap formation in the nematophagous fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora". Planta. 152 (1): 50–53. Bibcode:1981Plant.152...50L. doi:10.1007/BF00384984. ISSN 0032-0935. JSTOR 23375198. PMID 24302318. S2CID 29138213.
  9. Nordbring-Hertz, Birgit (1972). "Scanning Electron Microscopy of the Nematode-trapping Organs in Arthrobotrys oligospora". Physiologia Plantarum. 26 (2): 279–284. Bibcode:1972PPlan..26..279N. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1972.tb03581.x. ISSN 1399-3054.
  10. Nordbring-Hertz, Birgit (August 2004). "Morphogenesis in the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora - an extensive plasticity of infection structures". Mycologist. 18 (3): 125–133. doi:10.1017/S0269915X04003052 (inactive 16 December 2024). ISSN 1474-0605.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link)
  11. Nordbring-Hertz, Birgit; Mattiasson, Bo (October 1979). "Action of a nematode-trapping fungus shows lectin-mediated host–microorganism interaction". Nature. 281 (5731): 477–479. Bibcode:1979Natur.281..477N. doi:10.1038/281477a0. S2CID 4339747.
  12. Britannica yearbook of science and the future. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica. 1969. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-85229-375-1.
  13. Nordbring-Hertz, Birgit; Odham, Göran (1980). "Determination of Volatile Nematode Exudates and Their Effects on a Nematode-Trapping Fungus". Microbial Ecology. 6 (3): 241–251. Bibcode:1980MicEc...6..241N. doi:10.1007/BF02010389. ISSN 0095-3628. JSTOR 4250622. PMID 24227131. S2CID 9125842.
  14. Olsson, Stefan; Nordbring-Hertz, Birgit (1985). "Microsclerotial germination of Verticillium dahliaea affected by rape rhizosphere". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 31 (5): 293–299. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1985.tb01162.x. ISSN 0378-1097.
  15. Dackman, Carin; Olsson, Stefan; Jansson, Hans-Börje; Lundgren, Björn; Nordbring-Hertz, Birgit (1987). "Quantification of Predatory and Endoparasitic Nematophagous Fungi in Soil". Microbial Ecology. 13 (1): 89–93. Bibcode:1987MicEc..13...89D. doi:10.1007/BF02014965. ISSN 0095-3628. JSTOR 4250908. PMID 24213105. S2CID 33279382.
  16. Dictionary of Scandinavian biography. London: Melrose Press. 1972. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-900332-20-3.
  17. International book of honor. Raleigh, N.C., U.S.A.: American Biographical Institute. 1985. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-934544-24-5.
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