Birgit Nordbring-Hertz Explained

Birgit Nordbring-Hertz
Birth Name:Birgit Ann-Marie Nordbring
Birth Date:1923[1]
Death Date: [2]
Alma Mater:Lund University
Thesis Title:Nematode-trapping organs in the fungus arthrobotrys oligospora : formation, structure and function
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/604488463
Thesis Year: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,[3] and received a doctorate in microbiology in 1974 at the same university, working on nematode-trapping fungi.[4] 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,[5] [6] 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.[7] [8] Nordbring-Hertz used scanning electron microscopy to study the trapping organs of A. oligospora.[9] Her early research was concentrated on how trapping organs were induced,[10] 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.[11] [12] Her research also examined volatile exudates from nematodes,[13] the fungal plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae,[14] and quantifying the presence of the fungus in soil ecosystems.[15]

Selected publications

Personal life

Nordbring-Hertz married in 1953 to a professor in electrical measurement technology, Hellmuth Hertz,[16] and they had two sons, Thomas and Hans Hertz.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Medical sciences international who's who. 1987. Harlow . Longman . 978-0-582-90116-2.
  2. Web site: March 31, 2020. Minnesord om Birgit Nordbring-Hertz. 2022-01-10. Sydsvenskan. sv.
  3. Book: Birgit Ann-Marie Margareta Nordbring-Hertz. English. 4779320164.
  4. Nematode-trapping organs in the fungus arthrobotrys oligospora: formation, structure and function. 1974. Lund. English. Birgit. Nordbring-Hertz.
  5. Web site: Linnéa Taylor . Marina Castro Zalis . Patrícia Veiga Crespo. The XX Factor. WINGS Lund University Sweden. 23.
  6. Book: Wirmark, Margreta. Professorsboken: fyrtionio Lund kvinnor berattar. 1996. Carlssons. 978-91-7203-059-6. Stockholm. Swedish. 476649102.
  7. Nordbring-Hertz. Birgit. 1977. Nematode-Induced Morphogenesis in the Predacious Fungus Arthrobotrys Oligospora. Nematologica. 23. 4. 443–451. 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. 10.1007/BF00384984. 0032-0935. 23375198. 24302318. 29138213.
  9. Nordbring-Hertz. Birgit. 1972. Scanning Electron Microscopy of the Nematode-trapping Organs in Arthrobotrys oligospora. Physiologia Plantarum. en. 26. 2. 279–284. 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1972.tb03581.x. 1399-3054.
  10. Nordbring-Hertz. Birgit. August 2004. Morphogenesis in the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora - an extensive plasticity of infection structures. Mycologist. en. 18. 3. 125–133. 10.1017/S0269915X04003052. 1474-0605.
  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. 10.1038/281477a0. 1979Natur.281..477N. 4339747.
  12. Book: Britannica yearbook of science and the future . 1969. Chicago . Encyclopedia Britannica . 978-0-85229-375-1. 327.
  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. 10.1007/BF02010389. 0095-3628. 4250622. 24227131. 9125842.
  14. Olsson. Stefan. Nordbring-Hertz. Birgit. 1985. Microsclerotial germination of Verticillium dahliaea affected by rape rhizosphere. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 31. 5. 293–299. 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1985.tb01162.x. 0378-1097. free.
  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. 10.1007/BF02014965. 0095-3628. 4250908. 24213105. 33279382.
  16. Book: Dictionary of Scandinavian biography. 1972. London . Melrose Press . 978-0-900332-20-3. 179.
  17. Book: International book of honor. 1985. Raleigh, N.C., U.S.A. . American Biographical Institute . 978-0-934544-24-5. 280.

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