Friedrich Traugott Kützing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German phycologist
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Place of Birth: Ritteburg, Thuringia, Germany
About Friedrich Traugott Kützing
- Friedrich Traugott Kützing (8 December 1807 in Ritteburg – 9 September 1893) was a German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist. Despite his limited background in regard to higher education, Kützing made significant scientific contributions.
- In 1833, he demonstrated differences between diatoms and desmids, thus separating the two groups into families of their own.
- Also, independent of Charles Cagniard-Latour (1777–1859) and Theodor Schwann (1810–1882), he was among the first to provide comprehensive answers in regard to yeast and the role it played in fermentation.
- In 1849, he published Species Algarum, a massive work that provided descriptions for 6000 species of algae.
- He is the taxonomic authority of the genera Syringodium (family Cymodoceaceae) and Phlebothamnion (family Ceramiaceae).
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