Albert Bernhard Frank
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Albert Bernhard Frank was a German biologist. He is credited with coining the term mycorrhiza
.
The bacterial genus Frankia
and family Frankiaceae were named after him.
Mycorrhiza
A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant....
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The bacterial genus Frankia
Frankia
Frankia is a genus of nitrogen fixing, filamentous bacteria that live in symbiosis with actinorhizal plants, similar to the Rhizobia bacteria that are found in the root nodules of legumes in the Fabaceae family. Bacteria of this genus also form root nodules.The genus Frankia was originally named by...
and family Frankiaceae were named after him.