Benjamin Minge Duggar

Benjamin Minge Duggar
Born1 September 1872 Edit this on Wikidata
Died10 September 1956 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 84)
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OccupationPhytopathologist Edit this on Wikidata
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Benjamin Minge Duggar (September 1, 1872 – September 10, 1956) was an American plant physiologist.[1][2]: 72  Surprisingly, he is best remembered for his contribution to another discipline, through his discovery in 1945 of chlortetracycline (Aureomycin), the first of the tetracycline antibiotics, from a soil bacterium growing in allotment soil.[3]

  1. ^ Keitt, G. W. (1957). "Benjamin Minge Duggar: 1872-1956". Mycologia. 49 (3): 434–438. doi:10.1080/00275514.1957.12024660. JSTOR 3755695.
  2. ^ Humphrey, Harry Baker (1961). Makers of North American Botany. Ronald Press. ISBN 978-0-471-06810-5.
  3. ^ Malik, Neelima Anil (30 September 2012). Textbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. JP Medical Ltd. ISBN 978-93-5025-938-2.